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BEC "Live Wire"

Thursday 4th October 2012  12:00 PM

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News Article
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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News Article
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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News Article
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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July 27, 2011
BEC: recent power failures result of financial challenges

FINANCIAL challenges have been the root of recent power generation issues, BEC executives claimed yesterday. In a press conference yesterday, BEC general manager Kevin Basden said generator failures are a result of the corporation's financial position.

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News Article
March 30, 2011
Pay cuts for BEC managers

The salaries of more than 100 middle mangers at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) were cut on Monday for their participation in three days of sick-out between February and March. Bahamas Electrical Utility Managerial Union (BEUMU) President Ervin Dean said yesterday that the union has already written a letter to BEC’s General Manager Kevin Basden requesting that the money be refunded...

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January 28, 2011
Expect two BEC bills in January

Effective February 2011, The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) will fully implement cyclical monthly billing for its customers in New Providence, discontinuing its monthly mass billing process.


All Residential and Commercial customers in New Providence will now be issued a bill between the first and the twentieth day of each month. The date of your bill will depend on where your

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October 31, 2010
FNM Government Continues to Drives BEC to a Disastrous Collapse

Nassau, Bahamas - Enclosed is a

Press Statement by

The Progressive Liberal Party.

Fred Gottlieb resigned as of
December 31st 2009 ten months after making the bold prediction of
coming within $1-2 mill of their "break even" goal for BEC financial
year end of September 30th, 2009.

Jr. Minister Phenton Neymour recently told parliament that BEC's loses
for the year ending September 30th 2009 was s...

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