Dear Editor,
BEC Executive Chairman Leslie Miller says there may finally be an end to the blackouts that have plagued all areas of New Providence for weeks now.
According to Miller, a damaged generator has now been repaired and things should be looking up on the electricity front. He added however, that he could not guarantee there would be no more outages, as "things happen".
I sincerely hope that Miller is correct in his assessment of the situation, however his assurances remain hard to believe as he has cried wolf so many times over the last few months.
At the beginning of the summer, the executive chairman said BEC was in a position to provide power to the entire island and that he did not expect any outages.
This was promptly followed by repeated blackouts, both localized and island-wide, blamed on everything from malfunctions to lightning strikes. The need for new and expensive equipment was again raised.
After this initial round of outages, Miller made several other encouraging remarks, only to see the blackouts return, this time even worse than before.
I know Miller means well, but the truth seems to be that he really has no idea whether or not the lights will stay on, and if not, for how long they will be off. At this point, he might as well stop talking about it.
- F. Rolle

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