Comments on: Transformer Explosion Causes Power Outage

By: Future

Future — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:33:04 +0000

Stop this juvenile talk. Belco has enough problems. Deliberately causing equipment failure is not on their agenda. They would face even more pressure, not less. Higher insurance bills. More pressure for the public. More pressure from govt. less profits from an already bleeding bottom line. This is not deliberate but does point to how under informed the public are. BELCO must do a better job of communicating in layman’s terms.

By: Lady

Lady — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:43:09 +0000

I find it interesting that it is stated that “Electricity service to all customers was restored at approximately 4:15 pm” I sat at my desk until 4:45, and the building was still without power when I left.

By: Traffic Diversion As Blown Transformer Replaced | Bernews.com

Traffic Diversion As Blown Transformer Replaced | Bernews.com — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:13:54 +0000

[...] portion of Park Road was blocked to traffic this morning [July 27] as BELCO go about replacing the transformer that exploded on Thursday causing power outages in the city of [...]

By: George Orwell - expat

George Orwell - expat — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:32:52 +0000

I guess its time for another business trip to Bermuda.

We can look after your back office systems in Canada; reliable; lower cost; highly educated, professional workforce; secure systems; always on power supplies, high speed internet connection allows you to access your data from anywhere, anytime (as long as your power is on)

By: Spilt milk

Spilt milk — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:17:34 +0000

For all you Who think its a big game.. 1 outages hurts the economy so y would Belco perposley shut power off in d city….
N 2 somebody way almost injured from d explosion so chill!!
Actually f@&$n chill

By: Transformer Trips, Causes Brief Overnight Outage | Bernews.com

Transformer Trips, Causes Brief Overnight Outage | Bernews.com — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:18:12 +0000

[...] afternoon 25% of the City of Hamilton lost power after a transformer explosion inside BELCO’s Park Road Substation at 3.18pm. Crews sprung to [...]

By: tricks are for kids

tricks are for kids — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:42:44 +0000

Belco …..all this issues since government turned you down…I hope all these “problems” are not intentional…….

By: Future

Future — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:52:13 +0000

What a load of nonsense. If you want credibility, post about how you achieved energy independence otherwise the only energy you are creating is from the hot air from your words. No offense but this is a technically inept commentary.

By: M.P.Mountbatten JP

M.P.Mountbatten JP — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:08:38 +0000

Belco playing stupid games AGAIN . Ever since the old Bermuda money decided to pull up stakes and sell their shares in BELCO we have had our service interuppted on a weekly basis . Stop playing games BELCO and give the people the service that you said you could .

By: Da real

Da real — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:58:05 +0000

We should have long jumped on board with alternative energy!!
Why are we still stuck in the 50′s depending on one Electrical Company that literally owns the monopoly and still has the audacity to even publish an article suggesting they are feeling the effects of the Recession…
Correct me if I’m wrong, but how is it they control 90% of the electrical population within the country and still wanting to raise our price on electricity. Is anyone out here really paying attention to this?? Cause there are so many ways to generate electricity and we are being stagnated finically.
People,
Pay attention to what’s really going on and work together towards positive change, if not, the road ahead will be even longer then what it looks now!!

By: Liars!

Liars! — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:48:35 +0000

all these Belco problems sound alot like when ENRON bought out the state of California’s Hydro system, then turned around and made up a bunch of problems so they could hike there cashflow up as they were in the dragnet.

Remember the PLP telling them how to run there business too?

Well get ready, l think there is alot more to come of this “explosion”

By: Well

Well — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:20:32 +0000

Actually, if there was any anomalies leading up to the explosion, with all of Belco’s monitoring systems, its very likely trouble could’ve been spotted well in advance.

By: Flywheel

Flywheel — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:19:48 +0000

You should read the headline on the story before talking about people. It was a transformer that was the issue.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:07:42 +0000

Belco needs to manage their emergency line messages much better – if there’s a major outage then say so before you make the customer listen to a suggestion that you haven’t paid you bill and what the charge will be if the repair man has to come out. Very poor customer relation management but I guess they don’t really need to put much effort into it being a monopoly!

By: Opressed

Opressed — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:06:33 +0000

And the beat, doesn’t go on!

By: terry

terry — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:44:24 +0000

And I told Chris Famouss to check engine four 5 hours ago.
Irony.

By: holeupwaitamimit!!

holeupwaitamimit!! — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:43:11 +0000

These surges can prove very costly, any chance of some discounts being offered BELCO, saying sorry still doesn’t fix the amount of money these outages can cost.. wonder how long it will take to repair”explosion” fallout.