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Worries over increased power bills
November 24, 2016
Worries over increased power bills
Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday lamented what she said has been a considerable increase in power bills to some residential and commercial consumers and called on the government and the power company, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), to explain the higher bills.
November 03, 2016
UPDATED: BPL says power restored to New Providence after latest outage
AN INVESTIGATION is underway to determine what caused an island-wide power outage in the capital early on Thursday, just hours after Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) admitted the corporation was experiencing generator challenges.
November 03, 2016
Latest New Providence power outage under investigation by BPL
AN INVESTIGATION is underway to determine what caused an island-wide power outage in the capital early on Thursday, just hours after Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) admitted the corporation was experiencing generator challenges.
October 19, 2016
BPL doubles manpower as it aims to complete restoration of power
WITH more than 12,000 New Providence customers without electricity, Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited has doubled the manpower on New Providence but also its fleet in its effort to complete restoration as soon as possible, the company said yesterday.
Minnis criticizes BPL on pace of power restoration
October 13, 2016
Minnis criticizes BPL on pace of power restoration
Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis has asserted that Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is moving slowly to restore power to certain areas of New Providence post-Hurricane Matthew because it cares more about its bottom line rather than its customers, and demanded the company give a specific time line for full restoration.
BEC: Power outages a result of load shedding
June 22, 2010
BEC: Power outages a result of load shedding
Load shedding by the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) sparked a series of power outages at hundreds of homes across New Providence over the weekend.
For the past several weeks outages have plagued the island. And on Saturday some residents were again without power. In some cases frustrated residents reported being without power for being without power for hours in temperatures that topped ...
October 12, 2016
Power failure: BPL blasted for 'worst hurricane recovery ever'
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard yesterday blasted the "coordinators" at Bahamas Power and Light for being "inefficient" and organising the "worst hurricane recovery effort" he has ever seen.
Power back on in more than half of homes
October 13, 2016
Power back on in more than half of homes
BAHAMAS Power and Light Ltd. (BPL) has restored electricity to just over 50 per cent of its customers in New Providence and has "substantially completed restoration" in the Family Islands, however officials said last night that given the level of damage from Hurricane Matthew they are unable to give an exact date for full restoration.
October 13, 2016
Beach Tower at Atlantis closed to guests after power and water failure
THE Atlantis Paradise Island sustained "little damage" during the passage of Hurricane Matthew according to resort executives, but the electricity, elevators and water in the Beach Towers have been "temporarily knocked out" due to generator failure.
October 11, 2016
New Providence will be without power for the duration of the storm says BPL
NEW Providence will now be without electricity for the duration of Hurricane Matthew, and maybe some time after, following a controlled shutdown of power services by Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) early Thursday morning.
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