00:00Former Energy Minister Stuart Young is notifying the country that all work being currently
00:06publicised in the energy sector was due to the PNM.
00:10All of the work that was done in this sector, that is really done at a global level, was
00:16done in the last nine and a half years in a very competitive and a very complex environment.
00:24And fortunately, this party, the PNM, always does what is best for Trinidad and Tobago.
00:32So I am happy to say that today what we're seeing and we will continue to see over the
00:37next couple of years, the benefits and the coming home of the work that was done by our
00:44administration.
00:45At the opposition weekly media briefing on Tuesday, he says it's easy to fact check.
00:51One of the main items that we achieved that is actually keeping the Treasury afloat today
00:57is the restructuring of Atlantic LNG and, in particular, the foresight and the ability to
01:03negotiate better gas prices for Trinidad and Tobago's gas.
01:09So what we're seeing today, and without a shadow of a doubt and it cannot be contradicted, is
01:17the benefit of the work that we achieved and the gas prices that we achieved and put in
01:22place in 2019.
01:24And also because energy returns take years to come to fruition.
01:29Trinidad and Tobago received our green hydrogen project, tops the regional energy awards.
01:36Again, it was the previous administration's cabinet, the PNM cabinet that took the decision for us
01:43to be the first in the CARICOM region and one of the first in this part of the hemisphere
01:50to set about to have a green hydrogen project because we are perfectly poised for it.
01:56That is our work, our decision to have a pilot project and green hydrogen has not yet become
02:02commercial across the world.
02:04He listed them one by one before referencing the wind energy thrust.
02:09It is the previous administration that had the foresight to put Trinidad and Tobago at
02:14the forefront of alternate energy, wind and, and I'll touch on, solar in the whole CARICOM
02:24and this part of the world and the region.
02:27So what you're seeing now are the results of the decisions we took.
02:31But the former energy minister left with a single warning.
02:36And I end on the energy sector by cautioning Trinidad and Tobago, look very closely at what
02:42happens with the refinery.
02:44Because the previous administration went through proper processes, open tenders, open evaluations.
02:52But what we're seeing taking place now with the setting up of a committee in silence and all
02:59of a sudden hiding under confidentiality, the procurement and the disposal of these state
03:07assets, in particular the refinery, must be carefully, carefully looked at.
03:13Marie Rupneraian, TV6 News.
03:14Marie Rupneraian, TV6 News.
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