The Tribune

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation was working last night to restore electricity supply to customers in Cable Beach, West Bay Street and Gladstone Road. BEC officials maintain that the outage was caused by a "private party" working in the Cable Beach area around 3.15pm on Thursday. A 33KV cable, which is the main artery for supplying electricity to residents and businesses in the area, was hit and damaged. BEC said a team of technicians has already isolated the problem and is working to repair the cable. The corporation said it expects supplies to be restored shortly. On Tuesday, customers in the Cable Beach, West Bay Street and Skyline areas also experienced an outage, which affected the Lynden Pindling International Airport as well. This outage was also caused by a private work crew, BEC said. In that instance, the majority of customers were without power for just under an hour and BEC said its workers were able to restore supply to all affected areas by early afternoon. "The corporation advises that the outages in the Cable Beach, West Bay Street and Gladstone Road areas on Tuesday and Thursday were not the fault of BEC. "In instances where private and other public entities must carry out work impacting BEC's utilities, the corporation encourages these entities to work closely with BEC to ensure that its supply is not adversely affected," said a BEC statement.