The Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC), as part of its transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure investments, has launched a preventative maintenance program in communities across the island.
The program focuses on specific areas with a history of power-related issues and also encompasses regular testing and maintenance of key pieces of equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, batteries and switches.
The company maintains that service reliability depends on a robust, well-maintained T&D system, and that preventative maintenance is critical to ensuring that connections and equipment are properly maintained and operating at optimal levels across the T&D system.
In a statement, GBPC said the communities of Ariel Place and Holmes Rock were two areas that have benefited from the preventative maintenance program. GBPC crews spent over a week working diligently on trimming trees, changing out transformers and hardware, fixing connections and facilitating major infrastructure upgrades and equipment replacements.
To date, GBPC has made substantial investments in finances, resources and training to improve the reliability of the company's transmission and distribution system, resulting in a 51 percent improvement in both the frequency and duration of power outages, it claimed.
In 2011, GBPC put forward a three point plan to address system reliability, generation efficiency and the need to incorporate renewable generation into its energy portfolio.

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