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Taxi Overturns, Crashes Into Pole, Power Out
BELCO is working to restore power in Devonshire this evening [April 21] after a 40-year-old taxi driver collided with a street pole at around 10.20pm, resulting in the car overturning in the road and power being knocked out. A police spokesperson said, “At 10:21pm, first responders attended a report of a single vehicle road traffic collision that... Read more of this article
Duty Increase Offset By Reduction In Oil Costs
The impact on electricity costs for customers due to the duty increase on oil will be more than offset by the recent reduction in oil prices, the Government said. “The recent drop in oil prices has reduced the electricity price to BELCO customers from a high of 44.9 cents per kilowatt hour to the current 37.9 cents per kwh – a decrease of 7... Read more of this article
Feedback Invited On National Electricity Policy
The Department of Energy is inviting public commentary on their consultation document, “The National Electricity Sector Policy for Bermuda.” A spokesperson said, “It can be found online or in hard copy from the Department of Energy office at Corner House, 4th floor, 20 Parliament Street. The Government will this year consider new rules to... Read more of this article
Wind, Rain & Lightning Cause Power Outages
In addition to causing flooding across the island, the inclement weather conditions have also resulted in a number of power outages in areas including Southampton, St. David’s and Government House. A BELCO spokesperson said, “Following are the outages that have occurred to this hour, as a result of wind, rain and lightning since yesterday.... Read more of this article
Electricity Policy Town Hall On February 19th
A Town Hall on Bermuda’s Electricity Policy will be held at Heritage Worship Centre New Testament Church of God on Dundonald Street on Thursday, February 19th from 6:30 – 8:30pm. The promo flyer said, “The Department of Energy has begun the process of developing new electricity policy for Bermuda. You may be expecting another ‘Town... Read more of this article
Inclement Weather Causes Power Outages
[Updated] BELCO crews have been out working today [Feb 15] after the high winds caused a number of power outages across the island, including areas of St David’s, Southampton and Flatts. The Bermuda Weather Service issued a Gale Warning for today, predicting that storm force gusts will continue through the evening as a vigorous low pressure system... Read more of this article
Court: Man Admits Using Neighbour’s Electricity
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 12], 56 year old Michal Tucker pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining electricity, to an unknown value, on 23rd January. Prosecutor Loxly Rickett told Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo that Mr Tucker’s neighbor had noticed an extension cord leading from his pump room to Mr Tucker’s next door property.... Read more of this article
Winds Cause Scattered Outages Across Island
BELCO crews have been out working to restore power as the inclement weather caused scattered power outages affecting approximately 850 customers across the island last night [Jan 31], with most customers restored in around two hours. The Bermuda Weather Service had issued a Gale Warning for last night, and today’s prediction said “Winds... Read more of this article
Electricity Supply Trade Union Joins Protest
Members of the Electricity Supply Trade Union [ESTU] were asked to join Bermuda Trade Union Congress [BTUC] members “as a sign of solidarity,” and workers have answered the call, arriving at Union Square this morning [Jan 28], as the dispute between the BTUC and Government enters the third day. A post on the ESTU’s Facebook page early... Read more of this article
Over 300 Affected In St George’s Power Outage
[Updated: All customers restored] Residents and shopkeepers found themselves in darkness this morning [Nov 20] after a power outage in St. George’s left approximately 319 customers without electricity. A BELCO spokesperson confirmed the outage saying, “At 8:26 this morning there was a problem on a main line feeding into St. George’s that... Read more of this article
Temporary Outage Affects 1000 Customers
Approximately 1,000 customers temporarily lost power last night [Nov 15] in the western end of the island, with an outage starting just before 7.00pm, with all customers restored in approximately four hours. A BELCO spokesperson said, “There was an outage in the Camp Hill area, affecting about 1,000 customers, which started at approx. 6:55 PM.... Read more of this article
Video & Photos: Premier Thanks BELCO Crews
Premier Michael Dunkley visited BELCO headquarters today [Nov 3] to personally thank the workers for the restoration effort after the double strike from Tropical Storm Fay, and Hurricane Gonzalo, which knocked out 27,000 and 31,000 customers respectively. Premier Dunkley said, “It’s been a tough three weeks, and I wanted to take the opportunity... Read more of this article
BELCO Completes Hurricane Restoration Work
[Updated] Following widespread power outages caused by two back-to-back storms — some 27,000 customers lost their power in Fay, while over 31,000 lost power in Gonzalo – BELCO confirms that they completed the hurricane restoration work last night. A spokesperson said, “On Saturday evening, 1 November, BELCO completed Hurricane... Read more of this article
BELCO: 36 Customers Remain Without Power
BELCO said that we begin today [Nov 1] with 36 customers waiting for power restoration following Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo. The distribution by parish: Pembroke 6 Paget 5 Devonshire 3 Warwick 7 Southampton 2 Sandys 0 Smiths 6 Hamilton 0 St. Georges 7 Related Stories BELCO & Union On Efficiencies & Redundancies BELCO Working... Read more of this article
6pm: 89 Customers Remain Without Power
At 6:00pm this evening [Oct 31], BELCO said there are 89 customers in the Outage Management System waiting for power to be restored. “Crews are continuing to work tonight, so we do expect this number to improve by morning,” a spokesperson said. “We are grateful to all of the customers who are just having power restored at this stage... Read more of this article
BELCO: 138 Customers Remain Without Power
BELCO said that we start today [Oct 31] with 138 customers without power, adding that crews are expected to be able to work through over half of them by later tonight, with crews working island-wide, moving from one job to the next. A spokesperson said, “Today, we would also like to again request that everyone who does not have power yet to phone... Read more of this article
