A group of protesters descended on the Péligre hydroelectric plant on the afternoon of Monday, September 2, 2024, to protest against the ongoing electricity shortage in the city of Mirebalais and the Central Plateau region as a whole. They demanded that the plant's director shut down operations. In videos circulating online, the president of the municipal commission of Mirebalais, Lochard Laguerre, can be seen accompanied by about a dozen individuals, instructing the plant’s manager to cease operations.

“To avoid any potential incidents, shut down the plant and cut off the power supply to Port-au-Prince,” Laguerre is heard saying in the video. When contacted by Le Nouvelliste on Monday evening, Lochard Laguerre denied having any role in the plant’s closure. “I only participated in the protest, but I am neither one of the organizers nor an initiator,” he responded curtly.