Electricity Subsidy Takes Effect for Utila Residents

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 20, 2026 · Originally reported October 19, 2026 by Congreso Nacional

Decree 250-2026, published in the official gazette on October 16, took effect, authorizing the Finance Ministry to allocate up to 11 million lempiras (about $440,000) to subsidize electricity rates for residents of Utila, Bay Islands, through local utility UPCO.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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