The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) has said that 99 percent of electricity supply had been restored on New Providence and its teams are working to complete repairs to the remaining parts of the island still offline.
BEC also said in a release Wednesday that service had been restored to all Family Islands with the exception of Abaco, Acklins (Spring Point only), Cat Island, Eleuthera, Exuma and Long Island.
The residents without electricity on New Providence have a broad set of challenges, some unrelated to Hurricane Irene, BEC said yesterday.
BEC teams were working Wednesday in several New Providence communities. These areas included: Prince Charles Drive, Peardale, the Nassau Stadium area and Sunset and Marina Drives.
BEC had estimated that work in these areas would be completed by today.
BEC is advising that customers with existing supply issues should contact its emergency hotline at 302-1800 or 323-5561.
Up to yesterday evening, 98 percent of Abaco's electricity supply had been restored and on Exuma and Long Island 99 percent of service was restored, BEC said.
"Only a small number of customers in Green Turtle Cay and the Cays are without supply" said BEC, referring to Abaco.
In Spring Point, Acklins BEC teams have continued work to fully restore supply to the remaining residents without power.
Cat Island was one of the islands most impacted by Hurricane Irene.  BEC had restored 25 percent of supply to Cat Island yesterday.
The corporation is being assisted by the Caribbean Electric Utility Service Corporation (CARILEC) and it expects two teams from regional association to be deployed to Cat Island, and one team to Eleuthera, to assist by early next week.

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