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September 05, 2014
No end in sight for BEC load shedding

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation will continue load shedding across New Providence indefinitely, according to the company's Executive Chairman Leslie Miller...

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September 30, 2010
Letter: Needed: a recycling depot, a wind turbine for BEC and a water pipeline to Andros

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Water and Sewerage are almost out of water and have us on restrictions.

BEC can hardly produce enough electricity for this island.

BTC mobile service is often down.

Garbage is infrequently collected in many areas.

Doesn't the Cable Beach Development need to share all of these resources?

At the Town Hall meeting years ago I did ask what would happen to the garbage and was...

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July 04, 2011
BEC criticized for weekend power outages

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) was criticized over the weekend following power outages on weekend power outages.? Many people on the popular social networking website Facebook complained about the unbearable summer heat exacerbated by the lack of electricity to power their air conditioners and fans.

Other people complained to The Nassau Guardian directly about losing electronic items...

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August 12, 2011
BEC again pledges that blackouts will end

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) made yet another promise yesterday that it had fixed its network and that stable supply should now be available to the residents of New Providence.

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February 07, 2012
Grant rejects BEC claim

MINISTER of Works Neko Grant dismissed North Andros and Berry Islands MP Vincent Peet's claim that the New Providence Road Improvement Project has failed to properly install BEC infrastructure.

In the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr Grant responded to questions regarding the installation of utilities and to a statement attributed to BEC, which reportedly warned the corporation will have to "dig u...

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September 10, 2014
BEC customers outraged over looming price hike

Several residents expressed outrage yesterday over the impending price increase for electricity.
Last Friday, Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said customers can expect an increase in the fuel surcharge of their bills.
Three generators at the Clifton Pier Power Station failed last week, leading to rolling blackouts -- the latest in a series of countless power ...

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February 19, 2011
BEC managers vote to strike

Bahamas Electrical Utility Managerial Union President Irvin Dean said yesterday the BEUMU is preparing for a “shock and awe” strike campaign if the executive management team of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) does not come to a concensus with his union over pay increases and a new industrial agreement.
The union held a strike vote yesterday that ended 78 to 1 in favor of a st...

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February 22, 2015
Wells: LNG, LPG could cut BEC bills in half

Electricity bills could be reduced by as much as 50 percent within two years of switching the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) to burning liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to Bamboo Town MP and former Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Works Renward Wells.

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January 27, 2015
PM gets US Gov't 'guarantee' on BEC bidders' integrity

WASHINGTON DC - PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday confirmed he wanted to "absolutely guarantee" that the Obama administration could vouch for the integrity of the US firms it was backing in the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) reform process.

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March 30, 2011
BEC defends refusal to yield to union demands

By CELESTE NIXON

Tribune Staff Reporter

cnixon@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation has defended its refusal to give in to union demands amid renewed protests by managerial staff.

In a statement released yesterday, BEC responded to public statements made by the Bahamas Electrical Utility Managerial Union (BEUMU) in connection to ongoing contract negotiations.

The BEUMU, which ...

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