by Linda Straker
- Self-Generation Regulations will enable households and businesses to produce, use, and sell clean electricity
- Water Resources Management and Regulation Act approved in first quarter of 2025
- G-CREWS project will work with other agencies that collect water resource data
During the upcoming parliamentary year, the Government of Grenada, in the area of public utilities, will implement new Self-Generation Regulations to support renewable energy and other climate change and climate-smart initiatives.
“My Government will implement new Self-Generation Regulations to support renewable energy, enabling households and businesses to produce, use, and sell clean electricity, advancing Grenada’s energy independence and climate commitments,” was announced by Governor-General Dame Cecile La Grenade when she presented the Throne Speech during the ceremonial opening of the 4th Session of the 11th Parliament, last Friday.
Elaborating on another public utility initiative, she said that the Government will operationalise the Water Resource Management Unit to support the production and distribution of safe and reliable drinking water.
In the first quarter of 2025, Members of Parliament in both the Lower and Upper Houses approved the Water Resources Management and Regulation Act ,which aims to ensure sustainable water management, conservation, controlled allocation, development, use and regulation of water resources within the State of Grenada.
Management of water resources according to the act will be under the guidance of a Water Resources Management Unit (WRMU). The G-CREWS project will support WRMU by strengthening the island’s infrastructure regarding the collection, management and analysis of water resources and climate data.
A press release from the G-CREWS project in April 2025 said that this will be done in cooperation with agencies that collect water resource data on the island, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Nawasa, and other relevant stakeholders. “The WRMU will gather this data and feed it into a periodically updated climate change and hydrology model and reporting system for Grenada.”
The model will provide the WRMU with data that can be used for future adaptation planning and addressing water-related information needs across public services, businesses and households. The use of remote sensing data could improve the model forecasting skills.
