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BVIEC

June 17, 2022

SOL to replace Delta as BVIEC supplier

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 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
May 20, 2022

Delta fires back at BVIEC over fuel

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 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
May 19, 2022

BVIEC: Delta can’t honour fuel contract

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 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
May 6, 2022

Bids in for power station, car fuel

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 11, 2021

16 months later, BVIEC signs Anegada solar contract

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 14, 2021

With no solar grid in sight, Anegada students struggle to repay debts

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 30, 2021

Premier reverses tax hike for BVIEC fuel

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. …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
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April 14, 2021

Government seeks renewable energy plan similar to one drafted before 2019 election

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 15, 2021

With no sealed bids, tender process for Anegada solar was highly unusual

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 15, 2021

Youth Empowerment Project gets first grid-tied solar panels on Tortola

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
July 31, 2020

Former BVIEC official calls foul over solar contract

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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 25, 2019

HOA appoints Flax as BVIEC chairwoman

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 …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
November 15, 2019

BVIEC workers help out in Bahamas

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 …

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by BVI Beacon
November 6, 2019

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by BVI Beacon
October 28, 2019

BVIEC without a board since April

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, …

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by Joey Waldinger
August 27, 2019

BVIEC, BVI Cable in pole dispute

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 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
November 26, 2018

EDITORIAL: Virgin Islands a step closer to green energy, but more needed ASAP

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 …

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by The BVI Beacon
September 21, 2018

Anegada “pushing for bigger and better things” after Irma

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 …

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by Conor King Devitt
February 28, 2018

BVIEC: 90%, not 98%, of power back on Tortola

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, …

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