Abaconians fear another summer of power cuts

Fri, Mar 11th 2011, 05:25 AM

MARSH HARBOUR, Abaco — In the wake of two days of power cuts, Abaconians are putting pressure on the government to immediately make the required upgrade to the power transmission line from the Wilson City Power Plant to Marsh Harbour.
Yesterday several of them took to the streets in a small, peaceful demonstration in front of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC)?administrative offices in Marsh Harbour in hopes of getting the government’s attention.
However, Marsh Harbour local government representative Yvonne Key said she was extremely disappointed with the turnout, especially after between 200 and 250 residents reportedly participated in a similar protest last sum ...

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