"The light that comes from wisdom never goes out"
Following a malfunction of the generator system currently powering Jost Van Dyke, the island experienced a full power outage from 5:59 p.m. Sunday until 3:30 p.m. on Monday, according to …
Continue reading “Jost Van Dyke loses power for nearly 22 hours”
A resident shared her dismay on Facebook last month after the power went out just after she refrigerated a freshly iced cake. Weeks later, she said, it happened again. “Ayo …
On Friday, the House of Assembly approved the appointment of Sheldon Scatliffe as the BVI Electricity Corporation’s new chairman for a period of three years starting on July 4. He …
Continue reading “House of Assembly approves new BVIEC chairman”
The BVI Electricity Corporation broke ground on a major Anegada solar plant last month after more than two years of delays, but no planning application has been submitted for the …
The BVI Electricity Corporation has signed a new short-term contract with Sol Petroleum to supply fuel for the company through August, leaders said during a press conference on Nov. 8. …
Continue reading “BVI Electricity Corporation signs new short-term contract”
Tender documents are being developed for release to seven companies that pre-qualified to bid on the Paraquita Bay solar microgrid project announced last year, Deputy Premier Kye Rymer said last …
SOL will step in to provide No. 2 Diesel fuel and other services to the BVI Electricity Corporation through 2024, after the utility’s original contract with Delta Petroleum was terminated …
Delta Petroleum CEO Carlos Robles fired back at the BVI Electricity Corporation on Friday, saying the company is “surprised and disappointed” by the BVIEC press release last week claiming that …
Delta Petroleum has notified the BVI Electricity Corporation that it cannot continue to source and supply the fuel required under the contract it signed with the utility in October, BVIEC …
During a tender-opening ceremony last Thursday, BVI Electricity Corporation General Manager Leroy Abraham read a list of 10 bids submitted by two firms to supply fuel, lubricants and waste removal …
In July 2020, BVI Electricity Corporation officials announced plans to award a contract to build the territory’s first utility-scale solar grid to Power52 Clean Energy Access, an American company whose …
Continue reading “16 months later, BVIEC signs Anegada solar contract”
After a reception celebrating the start of classes at the Power52 Caribbean Energy Institute on Jan. 18, Darrell Ruan Jr. and Kelwyn Lindsay Faulkner were excited to begin their journey …
Continue reading “With no solar grid in sight, Anegada students struggle to repay debts”
Last week Premier Andrew Fahie took responsibility for the implementation and quick reversal of a wharfage fee hike on petroleum products that would have raised electricity bills in the territory. …
The government is seeking a consultant to draft a plan to help the Virgin Islands transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. But such a plan was approved by …
The ritual was familiar to any Virgin Islands journalist. Before awarding a major contract in past years, the BVI Electricity Corporation typically would call a press conference where BVIEC officials …
Continue reading “With no sealed bids, tender process for Anegada solar was highly unusual”
After years of delays, the Youth Empowerment Project on Jan. 7 became the first entity on Tortola to be approved by the BVI Electricity Corporation to sell electricity it generates …
Continue reading “Youth Empowerment Project gets first grid-tied solar panels on Tortola”
In October, Henry Creque’s company Creque’s Engineering Services partnered with three other firms to submit a bid to build a hybrid solar microgrid on Anegada — the first project of …
Continue reading “Former BVIEC official calls foul over solar contract”
The House of Assembly voted last Thursday to approve Rosemarie Flax’s appointment as chairwoman of the BVI Electricity Corporation. In announcing the appointment, Premier Andrew Fahie appeared to address allegations …
Electricity was recently restored to residents in the Coopers Town area of northern Abaco Island in the Bahamas for the first time since the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian devastated the …
The BVI Electricity Corporation board was dissolved in April, and its members have not been replaced since then, Premier Andrew Fahie said last Thursday in the House of Assembly. However, …
The BVI Electricity Corporation has been granted an injunction against BVI Cable TV after claiming that the cable company was “creating safety risks” to the public and BVIEC employees by …
This month the government took an important step toward encouraging green energy, but the territory still has a long way to go in overcoming its embarrassingly outdated overreliance on fossil …
Continue reading “EDITORIAL: Virgin Islands a step closer to green energy, but more needed ASAP”
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s Sept. 6 “Irma Anniversary” edition. For the some 300 people living on Anegada, day-to-day life is punctuated by boat arrivals. Road Town-based passenger ferries pull …
Continue reading “Anegada “pushing for bigger and better things” after Irma”
About a week after claiming that 98 percent of power had been restored on Tortola, BVI Electricity Corporation General Manager Leroy Abraham revised that estimate down to 90 percent. Nevertheless, …
Continue reading “BVIEC: 90%, not 98%, of power back on Tortola”