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November 15, 2011
Grand Bahama Power Company Announces Fuel Hedging Policy

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Sarah MacDonald, President & CEO of Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC), discussed plans to develop a fuel hedging policy at the ICD Utilities AGM last evening.

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November 15, 2011
Grand Bahama Power Company announces Fuel Hedging Policy

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Sarah MacDonald, President & CEO of Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC), discussed plans to develop a fuel hedging policy at the ICD Utilities AGM last evening.

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October 13, 2015
Lucaya Area Gets Fueled up for Fall

No more running out of gas after a long drive to the east, with the new Five Palms Service Station that recently opened to cater to the Eastern end of the island. No fuel, no milk, no problem? as the full service station and convenience store will be fulfilling the needs of those in the Lucaya area of the island.

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December 19, 2014
Oil Prices are falling but no change in Grand Bahama Power/Emera Fuel Surcharge

Over the past six months Oil prices have been falling globally. According to the Nasdaq, Oil prices for a barrel of crude oil as at today December 18, 2014 is $ 62.74 per Barrel...

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September 30, 2013
Fuel tanker still grounded off GB

Continued efforts to refloat a fuel tanker that ran aground off the coast of Grand Bahama last Thursday were unsuccessful, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation reported yesterday...

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News Article
August 07, 2011
GBPC Explains Fuel Surcharge

As part of an ongoing customer education initiative, the Grand
Bahama Power Company is clarifying the fuel surcharge portion of the bill to customers. Remarked Whitney Heastie, GBPC VP of Generation, "With the unpredictability of world oil market prices, customers have seen fluctuations in the fuel surcharge component of the bill that has left many confused. We thought it would be beneficial to ...

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News Article
August 07, 2011
GBPC Explains Fuel Surcharge

As part of an ongoing customer education initiative, the Grand
Bahama Power Company is clarifying the fuel surcharge portion of the bill to customers. Remarked Whitney Heastie, GBPC VP of Generation, "With the unpredictability of world oil market prices, customers have seen fluctuations in the fuel surcharge component of the bill that has left many confused. We thought it would be beneficial to ...

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News Article
August 02, 2011
BEC Chairman explains fuel charges in electricity bills

FREEPORT - As Bahamian consumers continue to see a rise in their electricity cost, BEC chairman Michael Moss discussed the distinction of a fuel charge imposed by BEC and a fuel surcharge imposed by the Grand Bahama Power Company.

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December 07, 2012
70,000 Gallons Of BEC Fuel Spills

An estimated 70,000 gallons of fuel has spilled into the ground from a Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) fuel storage facility for the Rock Sound, Eleuthera, power station, BEC confirmed last night. The fuel spill was discovered around 9 a.m. Tuesday, officials said, but it was not made public before yesterday.

"...Our preliminary findings suggest that a check valve was tampered with and th...

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April 23, 2021
GB Chamber: Home porting a chance for Grand Bahama economy to rebound

Grand Bahama is looking to Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) Bahamas home porting initiative as a chance for that island to begin to rebound after Hurricane Dorian and while still battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) representative Mick Holding said in a statement yesterday.

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