By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

Grand Bahama Power Company's rental units have driven up the fuel surcharge due to their inefficiency, the company's chief executive has admitted, despite reducing power outages by 51 per cent year-over-year during the 2011 first half.

The island's monopoly power supplier had brought in the units to provide 54 megawatts (MW) of supplemental generation to meet peak demand during the summer.

While the units had improved reliability, reducing power outages by 51 per cent over 2010 for the January to June period, Sarah MacDonald said they were not as efficient and resulted in a significant increase in fu ...

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