Power Outages Cost Honduras L1.2 Billion a Year

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 8, 2026 · Originally reported July 8, 2026 by Diario Roatán

The private-sector business council estimates that power outages—averaging 21,200 hours of unmet demand a year—cost Honduras about L1.2 billion (roughly $48 million) annually in lost productivity, equipment damage, and generator expenses, even as the government pushes stalled reforms to shore up the state electricity utility.