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 …
January 20, 2023
November 10, 2022
BVI Electricity Corporation signs new short-term contract
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. …
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November 7, 2022
$600k microgrid to be tendered soon
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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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. …
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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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 …
November 6, 2019
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, …
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 …
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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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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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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