Bermuda is at a crossroads. Not a solar crossroads, or an LNG crossroads, or even an energy crossroads. A decision crossroads; the kind that comes along once in a generation and that shapes what kind of island we leave behind.
The public consultation on the National Electricity Sector Policy closes this week. Most Bermudians don’t know it is happening. Of those who do, many assume the outcome is already decided. I want to make the case that it isn’t, that their voice matters and that the stakes are higher than the technical language of energy policy suggests.
What this debate is really about
It is not about whether Belco is a villain or a hero.
It is about a single, consequential question: should Bermuda commit its electricity system; and therefore every household and business electricity bill, to a major new fossil fuel infrastructure for the next 30 to 50 years, or should it invest in flexible, modern alternatives whose costs are falling and whose risks are manageable?
That is the question the NESP 2026 is asking.
Read more here: https://www.royalgazette.com/opinion-writer/opinion/article/20260521/robbie-godfrey-this-is-not-about-solar-its-about-bermudas-future/
