Hashtag: #Dec2020Outage
RA: ‘Critical Deficiencies’ Contributed To Outage
[Updated] The Regulatory Authority released its review into the island-wide power outage in December 2020, noting that it “identified several critical deficiencies which contributed to the outage.” A spokesperson said, “Following the island-wide power outage in December 2020, the RA has completed its review of the incident at the BELCO... Read more of this article
BELCO On December 2020 Island Wide Outage
BELCO provided an update on the island wide power outage that occurred in December 2020, with the company saying they have “taken the necessary steps to prevent a similar future outage.” A spokesperson said, “Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited [BELCO or the Company] today provided an update on the December 18, 2020 outage report that... Read more of this article
RA: Order Sent To BELCO To Produce Analysis
The Regulatory Authority said they would like to address what they called the “inaccuracy of BELCO’s recent public statement that a ‘completed report’ regarding the root cause of the island-wide power outage in December 2020 has been submitted to the RA.” A statement earlier this week from BELCO said “On December 18th... Read more of this article
Minister Roban On Island-Wide Power Outage
Government’s position is that BELCO “must be held accountable and answerable to the residents of Bermuda,” Minister of Home Affairs Walter Roban following the recent island-wide power outage. Speaking during last night’s press conference, Minister Walter Roban said, “Last week Friday, the impact of the island-wide outage went... Read more of this article
BELCO Update On Island-Wide Outage
BELCO provided an update on the island-wide power outage that occurred on Friday, December 18th, saying that ‘while the incident is still under investigation, early indications are that the cause was equipment failure.’ BELCO President Dennis Pimentel said: “First and foremost let me again apologise to our customers for the inconvenience... Read more of this article
Column: Small Businesses, Power Outage, RA
[Opinion column written by MP Jarion Richardson] To small business and entrepreneurs struggling for life in a global pandemic and economic crisis, Friday’s power failure was another cut on an already abused body. To those in the retail and hospitality industries, already suffering before Covid-19 reduced the world to “bubbles”, it was salt ground... Read more of this article
Power Restored To Majority Of All Customers
As of 5:00pm today [Dec 18] power has been restored to the majority of all customers, BELCO announced this evening. A spokesperson said, “BELCO announced that as of 5:00 pm power has been restored to the majority of all customers, however restoration work is still continuing in the areas of Camp Hill, St. George’s and Ess Hill. There may... Read more of this article
Updating | Island Wide Power Outages
[Updating] The island experienced wide scale power outages today [Dec 18] with most the island losing power at just past 10.00am and remaining without power for several hours. Power was restored to most the island by 5pm, and BELCO confirmed thw welcome news that no staff were injured, and the hospital confirmed that their emergency backups kicked in... Read more of this article
