Energy Security Steering Committee established

The Ministry of National Development created a task force to analyse the issue of energy security. The task force included representatives from the Ministry of National Development (Energy Affairs Bureau), the Ministry of Environment, the Public Utilities Corporation, the Seychelles Bureau of Standards, the Seychelles Petroleum Company, the Island Conservation Society and the Eden Island representative. The task force had to essentially review the fundamental elements of the Seychelles energy base, their utility in the long term and come up with strategies, recommendations and an action plan for the energy security of the country.