Energy Security Summit – Opportunity to devise solutions to pressing problem

By Kendol Morgan Last updated Jan 28, 2015

Bahamas - Caribbean Energy Security - PM and Joe Biden (3) — CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, (2nd left), shares a light moment with Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden at the Caribbean Energy Security Summit, January 26, in Washington, D. C. Pictured at left is The Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration the Hon. Fred Mitchell. (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay)

The stated intention of the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative, which you announced last June, Mr. Vice President, is to support Caribbean nations in our efforts to greatly reduce reliance on imported petroleum products and to chart our own energy future. These goals dovetail with one of the key strategies of CARICOM’s Five-Year Strategic Plan 2015-2019 which identifies energy efficiency, diversification and cost reduction as a key factor in building competitiveness.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie in his Statement to the Energy Security Summit, Washington, DC, 26 January 2015.