Energy Security in Caribbean to Be Focus of January U.S. Summit

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The Obama administration will host a summit in Washington this month to help Caribbean nations lower their energy costs and increase their use of renewable sources of power.

Vice President Joe Biden will lead the Jan. 26 meeting, which is aimed at diversifying the sources of energy available to the island countries, which now often rely on diesel fuel from Venezuela, the administration said.