Severe power outages across New Providence over the past few days were due to the temporary loss of two generators, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) said yesterday.

The power company said the loss of the assets “exacerbated” the load shedding that was already underway, “extending the times and multiplying the number of outages experienced across the island”.

BPL said that while one generator was returned to service yesterday afternoon and work is continuing on the other, load shedding can be expected to continue until rental generation units are installed at the end of this week.

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