The Tribune

By Fay Simmons

jsimmons@tribunemedia.net

With residents of Harbour Island reporting that they have been experiencing frequent power outages for the past three days, Bahamas Power and Light has said that they are aware of the issue and “the fix is in motion”.

Speaking to the Tribune Business, one resident, Ms Rolle, said the electricity on Harbour Island is usually fairly reliable, however, the outages experienced over the past days have been longer and more frequent than expected.

“They usually don’t have this much issues,” she said. “When the light does go off its usually back up within about 15 to 30 minutes. But over the past few days its been off for hours at a time. Yesterday, it was off from I came home from work until after 10pm so that’s five hours, I’m sure, off and then it went back off after 3am.

“Some parts would have outages and then the light would be on other places. Sometimes the whole Harbour Island would be in darkness at once.”

Mr Dean, the local manager of BPL in Eleuthera, stated that the power outages were due to mechanical issues. He added that new parts and the technicians to install them were dispatched from the Rock Sound Power Plant to arrive in Harbour Island later that day.

“We are aware of the power outages in Harbour Island and have assessed the issue,” he said. “The parts needed were at the plant in Rock Sound and so those were sent over on the barge today. Technicians were also sent to complete the installation of the parts. So the fix is in motion.”

Mr Dean apologised for the inconvenience the outages caused and gave assurance that once the weather permits the technicians will resume the work.

He said “Once the technicians arrive work will resume, weather permitting. They cannot do this in the rain so hopefully the rain permits us to get our work done.

“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience and hopefully they will be up and running soon.”