Police report filed over illegal dumping 'that caused blackout'

As of Friday, July 5, 2019

OFFICIALS at Bahamas Power and Light yesterday confirmed that a police report was filed over the illegal dumping that reportedly caused an island-wide blackout.

An official confirmed the police report was filed at the Western Police Station by a security guard.

The dumping occurred within close proximity of a transmission pole, which caused volt lines to clash into each other. It led to a major fault on the transmission network on Tuesday, according to Works Minister Desmond Bannister.

He told parliament on Wednesday the incident had nothing to with BPL nor its historic generation and transmission issues.

The incident could have very easily resulted in the illegal dumper being tragically “fried” Mr Bannister said, had he gone any closer to the electricity pole.

BPL has been grappling with generation issues this summer and began load shedding on June 19. Officials have said the situation will not likely improve until this fall.

Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years, 9 months ago

The sly Bannister no doubt had one of his underlings quickly call the police commissioner to tell him to make sure a police report of the illegal dumping was filed. Bannister knows no one trusts a word coming out his mouth anymore, and rightfully so. But he's tone deft to the main problems at BPL because he himself is a key part of BPL's more critical problems.

Yes indeed, the incompetent Bannister is once again being deliberately untruthful to us. Any qualified electrical engineer working for a properly run power company will tell you that power grid systems are intended to be equipped with standard power line separators for safety reasons as well as regionalized trip systems to prevent serious line faults from taking down the entire grid system. The trip systems are supposed to work on the same principle as the breaker switches found in our homes. A properly designed and equipped grid system avoids the entire power grid system being taken down by lightning strikes, fallen trees and, yes, even the kind of illegal dumping that Bannister is so quick to blame for the latest island wide outage.

Minnis must send Desmond Bannister the way of Brent Symonette before all hell breaks loose on New Providence Island. Both the chairman and the CEO of BPL should also be immediately dismissed as it is readily apparent they too are untruthful and grossly incompetent to say the least. And Mr. Minnis, please don't forget to keep a close watchful eye on our growing potable water problems lest most of us soon find ourselves without both electrical power and drinking water for long periods.

Never has the Bahamas had such an incompetent bunch of know nothing, do nothing bozos sitting in parliament with their only concern being the feathering of their own nests and the nests of their cronies, financial backers, family members, lovers and friends. Our country has been turned into a living hell for most struggling Bahamian families and businesses that can no longer make ends meet.

Once again, enough is enough Mr. Minnis. Get off of your damn duff and at least attempt to do something meaningful for the people who elected you. Stop favouring your chosen few Mr. Minnis. You were elected PM to represent all of the Bahamian people to the best of your ability, and so far you have fallen well short of that most important task.

DDK 4 years, 9 months ago

Tell 'em, Mudda, tell 'em!

Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years, 9 months ago

Minnis as PM has now garnered so much disrespect in our society that it's probably best we stop referring to him as a doctor to avoid the risk of embarrassing or insulting the 'real' senior MDs among us. It's frankly hard to believe that a real MD of Minnis's supposed seniority could have such poor decision-making and leadership skills.

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