The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] and Greenrock are “calling on all Bermudians to join a peaceful public demonstration on Tuesday, July 28, at 12:00 noon to protest the Regulatory Authority’s approval of increased monthly facilities charges that triple the cost for residential solar customers.”

A spokesperson said, “The event will begin at City Hall, Hamilton, and proceed to the Regulatory Authority offices, where participants will call for an immediate review of a policy that threatens Bermuda’s renewable energy future.

“The new BELCO facilities charge places a significant additional monthly cost on homeowners who invested in rooftop solar after years of being encouraged by successive governments to reduce Bermuda’s dependence on imported fossil fuels. The organisations say the policy unfairly penalises families who made substantial personal investments in clean energy while undermining Bermuda’s stated commitment to sustainability.”

“The Regulatory Authority’s decision sends exactly the wrong message,” said representatives of BEST and Greenrock. “Instead of rewarding Bermudians who invested in renewable energy, it makes solar a far less attractive investment. Some homeowners are now discovering that their monthly electricity bills could actually be higher than they were before they installed solar panels.”

The spokesperson said, “BEST and Greenrock argue that the new charge applies a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach that fails to distinguish between customers who make very different levels of use of the electricity grid. Homeowners with small rooftop systems that export very little electricity are charged the same facilities fee as those with much larger systems.”

Read more here: https://bernews.com/2026/07/best-greenrock-hold-solar-charge-protest/