So in terms of what those projects will be looking like in the coming months, the PM says one of the main things they hope to tackle soon is replacing the submarine line that connects San Pedro to the mainland. It's a project endlessly delayed and literally tied up at the bottom of the sea. He says it is now a major priority to them.
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"What we looked at is to move some of the finances that were going to be used in more inclusion, and also the digital devices, because they wanted to shift more monies into energy because they felt that, again, for us to have a thriving economy, we have to keep up with the energy-but not only reliable, but trying to find ways on how we could start to bring down the cost of energy. And that is what we are working along with them. With the World Bank, we are doing a project for batteries; I think it is about 30 megawatts of batteries."
"Looking at solar, solar will be coming online pretty soon-within the next year, two years at most, we are going to be having an amount of solar. And we know that also the submarine line that connects the mainland to San Pedro has passed its time. It should have been done from before we got into government; it should have been replaced and it wasn't. And so now, through the compact, we are getting some funding to be able to help pay for it. Government will still have to put a significant push of monies to be able to get that done."
