The poorest are humans just like the richest. What iy boils down to is sacrifice , discipline, and making better decisions. Also, the poorest buy gucci, a new weave every month, new nails every month, new bikinis to go to church every month, new eyelashes every month, new handbags every month, large money pendants, exp3nsive rims, $200 on alcohol and cigars every month. Stop talking fooñishness. The "poorest people" in the country are the ones spending the most on nonessensials. The ones whom think about how to save a.dollar are the ones whom have a dollar. So, I guess the dumbest students are the ones who cant get a C on national exams. So, it is the smart students fault because the dumbest students do not have priorities. Is this the same minister whom could not pronounce a number?

So how the hell will this bill help the poorest ay less? Will they charge poor people less per Kwh? So they will be adjusting each persons bill separately?

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard from these talking heads in cabinet. Makes no sense.

How about telling people not to waste electricity? And turn off things when not in use?

This woman is truly out-to-lunch. Why on earth do the PLP's let words come out of her mouth. Such an embarrassment.
All she does is contribute confusion.

Well, Dr. Minnis atleast they aren't sitting at a table as prime minister and allowing a billion dollar forgery to be perpetrated in plain sight.

**CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE HER AND OTHERS LIKE HER PASSING LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DETERMINE WHICH CUSTOMERS CAN AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY THEY CONSUME, WITH THE GOVERNMENT DESIGNATED WEALTHIER HAVING TO PAY MUCH HIGHER ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSIDIZING THE MUCH LOWER ELECTRICITY COSTS THAT WOULD BE BILLED TO THOSE DESIGNATED LESS WEALTHY !!!!!!!**

Meanwhile the foreign owned hotels, resorts and other developments will continue to get their generous electrical power concessions and government departments, agencies and SOE's will remain BPL's biggest delinquent debtors, to the tune of mega millions of dollars.

No sane Bahamian should ever vote for any PLP party candidate ever again. The party is no longer progressive ........ it is now down right communist!

And why doesn't corrupt Davis himself not forthrightly address what he is proposing and supporting here??!! He shamelessly let's others carry all of his bad water.

Davis had the next ridiculously insane comment that this act will reduce the cost of electricity. Imagine him making such a comment and providing no proof whatsoever to back up how the legislation will do that?

They doing that in California, households declaring more than 200,000 for income tax will pay more for electricity .

But it escapes her that the poorest pay the most VAT too.

Communist California has the highest electrical rates in the U.S.A. and is desperately seeking to find a way to reduce electrical rates across the board for all California.

California legislators have been back pedaling on the idea of income as opposed to usage based electricity rates ever since the ridiculous idea was introduced back in the summer of 2022.

Meanwhile Californians and California businesses continue to flee that state in droves for much less costly and much more business friendly states like Texas, Arizona and Florida. California is the first state to have been conquered by the ChiComs for all intents and purposes.

They know exactly what they're doing and who for. Contracts already signed, LNG locked in by a Bahamian for sure.
However, 1/2 a billion legacy debt and at least 2bn needed for infrastructure replacement and improvement, leaves little space for profit, unless higher rates coming!
Solar can reduce rates after about 10 years.....you still have your initial costs to recoup.
I also question putting URCA in control of off grid solar. by definition it is outside of their reasonable scope. The Canadian Electrical code (the one we use) lays out the technical aspects/requirements of Solar and electrical installation. So URCA can only be a political tool.

I suggest that such a voice as energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis, could've better used her platform to speak-out in-favor or opposed to **[social control]** over the pocketbooks of the colony's poorest of poor. --- Also, the Comrade Sister's, stance as to being for or opposed to the criminalizing of martial rape, and hangin'. --- And, is she all for the on time filings and enforcement of members of Parliament financial disclosures. --- Yes?

This Minister of Energy while in private practice worked for BPC ....... Foreign oil company.

She has NO loyalty to or concern for poor Bahamians.

She treats poor Bahamians with contempt. She cannot be a real Bahamian.🧐🧐

Irritating when they cannot state clearly what they mean: they he poorest do not pay the most for their power bills, they do probably pay a disproportionately higher amount of their income for power. Apparently English isn’t our strong suit.
A sliding rate based on income is as rediculous as turning on power pre-election with huge outstanding balances remaining unpaid

If the same people who put BPL in this mess in the first place will still own it, how does splitting it up change anything? Their decisions and directives (GoB have it where it is now, another failed socialist experiment.

You can just hear the Snake rattling and hissing in the background waiting to strike the Bahamian people once corrupt PM Davis has paved the way legislatively for him to do so.