While Emera Inc. and the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) continues
to grow by leaps and bounds from an economic standpoint, many businesses
and residents on Grand Bahama, especially in Freeport, continue to
catch eternal hell.

GBPC recently started operating its $80 million West Sunrise plant with a 92 percent Bahamian workforce.

That is good news. With the 52 Mega Watt plant now in operation,
business and residential customers will obviously see a reduction in
power outages during the hot Summer months, unlike the suffering folks
in New Providence who have to put up with the hopelessly inept Bahamas
Electricity Corporation (BEC)...