By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is seeking to negotiate a reduction in the length of time and cost of a contract it is soon to award for the installation of an upgraded 10.5 mile transmission line, which will allow the new Wilson City Power Plant to fully service Abaco's power needs, after the lowest bid came in at $4.6 million.

Expectations of when that key power line will be fully operation have now been pushed back from an initial mid-May completion, as suggested by Minister for the Environment, Earl Deveaux, in January, to an "end of June, early July" date, Tribune Business has been informed.

While no contrac ...

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