Three weeks after Hurricane Irene tore through The Bahamas, 20 percent of Cat Island still remains without electricity, according to a Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) official.
Power has been restored to more than 1,000 Cat Island residents.
Cat Island was identified as one of the islands that suffered the most damage as a result of the storm in late August.
Irene wiped out power on the entire island.
BEC's assistant general manager for the Family Island Division Mark Hudson said work continues in an effort to restore electricity to the remainder of the island.
However, the work will have to continue without the assistance of one of the Caribbean Electric Utility Service Corporation (CARILEC) teams, which was on island for over a week.
The six-member Jamaican team left yesterday afternoon.
Nigel Griffiths, the team leader, told reporters they were happy to help.  He said they spent the week installing high voltage power lines.  "We basically got in the schools so that the kids could go back to school, the town by New Bight and we got the government offices back up," said Griffiths who spoke to reporters at Lynden Pindling International Airport as he prepared to depart.
"That was our main focus, to actually get the island moving, kids back to school, people could start to go back to work, and people can sleep comfortable at night. It is very hot there so they missed their air conditioning. We were glad to be there and be a part of history there for people to get their lives back together."
Hudson said while one CARILEC team was working in Cat Island, another was working in Eleuthera.
The remainder of the work in Cat Island is confined in southwest Cat Island, Hudson said.  He added that the work should be completed in about a week.
BEC officials have to plant poles, replace power lines and transformers.
Hudson noted that another Jamaican team is expected to arrive in New Providence on Sunday.
The team will be deployed to Cat Island or Eleuthera depending on which island needs the most assistance.
More than 90 percent of electricity has been restored on Eleuthera.
Power has been restored to the remainder of the Bahamian islands, a BEC spokesperson said.
During the storm, New Providence and Grand Bahama were spared from major damage, but scores of Family Island residents suffered damage to their homes and other property.
In addition to electrical supplies, water and telecommunication supplies were also disrupted.

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