Guyana's gas-to-energy plant targets a year-end start to cut power bills

Guyana’s gas-to-energy project remains on course to deliver roughly 50 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Stabroek Block’s Liza field to a 300-megawatt power plant by the end of 2026, a milestone the government says is central to lowering electricity costs and cutting dependence on imported fuel oil. Officials frame the plant as the practical payoff of the oil boom for ordinary households, alongside a wider push to lift national output past one million barrels per day as the Uaru development ramps up. For the diaspora, the project signals a possible shift in the country’s chronically high energy costs, though delivery timelines for such infrastructure have slipped before.

Source: Council on Foreign Relations; Guyana Chronicle; U.S. EIA reporting (2026).