O how we love BEC! At least we get news

This is just the preview for summer when they will load shed straight through. Bar Mar coming and these twits are as always behind the eight ball. To busy making sure they boys straight and covering they ass to even think about good governance. The PLP is inept, immoral, unethical, and criminal. That we accept this as a people speaks volumes. What a shallow nation we have!

BahaMar opens on the 27th? Stands to reason they would be testing around this time. The fire caused the blackout, but what caused the fire?

Baha Mar was not "testing" anything....it's just the inept long term planning of BEC....

BEC power outage across New Providence caused major problems with BTC cell operations which led to a breakdown in communications Island wide.

When Baha Mar opens later this month and the usual summer load shedding hits, expect much more of the same.......10 years in coming off the drawing board and these clowns are still getting nowhere "talkin bout amum, I tink dis and dat".

It's no wonder the dam Haitians implemented their own parallel financial and business sectors and were taking over the country....These idiots (PLP & FNM) are dumber than dead sea urchins!

What a country.

I just hope the clowns don't play politics with the sale of BEC. Can you imagine croney *Dodley Banner* being handed the contract? Candle manufacturer stocks would soar sky high. (Of course *Dodley Banner* has no ties with Audley Hanner)

As is so oft said on here, 'You just can't make this stuff up'.

Those restaurants what have generators sure making money tonight. Especially on the cable beach strip

Lol...They sure did make money. What is it with Bahamians and blackouts? Why do we get so hungry or feel we need to stock up on food whenever there are power outages? Or is it a psychological link to the black outs during the hurricane season?

Dunno..(says while eating pizza slice)

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Truly this really isn't funny. Our power was off for 11hours. God helps us - we sure can't help ourselves for some reason!

yesterday we lost power around 2pm, it flickered at 2am, then returned at 3am.
that is 13 hours.

went off again 9am this morning and came back at 3pm.

My power was off for 28 hours. Had to throw out everything in my fridge.

For all the talking in the world. We're very good at that!

Comrades once upon a time customers of BEC, would pay their light bills with the expectation of,
in we households and businesses, "we lights gonna be on tonight."

BEC $0.40 cents per KWh: destructive power and unreliable; post paid
Generator: $1.00 per Kwh: good power; post paid in fuel & maintenance; non regenerative

Solar off Grid: $0.40 cents per Kwh: clean reliable power; prepaid in solar panels; regenerative (fuels itself)

Prepay now or don't complain about the post paid plan!

How often do you have to replace panels?

panels last 25 years and if mounted right can take a good sized hurricane, good large batteries are 12 to 15 years ,

Comrades seeing that these days especially when our light bills have become so unaffordable and when we're living in the days, when God is rarely invited to make regular appearances at our local church's, we could get smart and stop acting like there is not lots free energy available from the heavens.
Amen to cutting out holes in we roofs to make way to install we own spend more time looking-up at face God, through we skylights!

Perry "Vomit" Christie has ordered that his black crabs be well baked this coming summer...precisely the way he likes them!

Buckets of them.

The problem with BEC is quite simple to describe. Incompetence. Incompetence from the GM down to lowest levels in the organization. When a healthy dose of corruption and lack of productivity is added to the mix the result is BEC in its current state. The powers that be needs to clean house starting with the GM and the executive team and those in charge of engineering and planning. These people need to be replaced by competent individuals which unfortunately do not reside in the Bahamas. Its amazing that government after government would entrust such a critical resource as the nations power infrastructure to such levels of incompetence. Until major changes are made the problem will only get worst.

The only thing that the executive team at BEC is really good at is making excuses. I can't wait to see what excuse they will use to explain this catastrophic failure. I must admit they are quite creative. I must give them that!!!!

Comrade Craig can you look-up from inside your household or business place, directly into the heavens? Would it be a smart idea for all building permits to require a minimum number of skylights in all buildings under construction?

They'd be sitting in the catbird's seat had they the capacity to meet increasing demand, a sellers dream.

But they lack capacity, and from the sound of it, things only will get worse.

I am sorry but this is ridiculous. Rather than standing up in the House telling us how much extra security you need to add to your **already beefed up** security, you should be telling us about the **REAL national security threat**. Do you realize the ENTIRE island is without power due to a fault at a SINGLE location???? What happens if God forbid that single location suffers a catastrophic event that destroys the entire facility? Blackout for what, months??? Get off your fat ducasses and start acting like a government who has serious issues to address. First fire Audley Hanna, second charge the BEC extortionist with HIGH TREASON. This blackout is his fault. Third start a program to get every house on this island solar power, start in Bain Town and Farm Road, you may have heard of them. They voted for you and while you sit in AC tonight eating Grey Poupon, they are in darkness. Fourth dont play around with the sale of BEC make sure that buyer has a well established TRACK RECORD of good service. This is REAL national security

And for God's sake stop pounding on those desks like a bunch of dodo birds. No disrespect to dodo birds intended.

I wonder if the PM, the deputy and Leslie Miller are reading all of these comments! If so, what are they thinking? That there are a lot of HAPPY BAHAMIANS! Quit on the contrary. EVERYONE is upset and frustrated!! What is next??? First VAT, then this Power crisis (and I'm sure we have the highest priced energy here in the Bahamas), BAMSI, the new stupid immigration laws, and then NHI in January?? How much more are we willing to take? can we take?? When will we receive some GOOD NEWS, from HONEST Politicians? Everything they say is based on lies and on twisting the truth! How can we trust these leaders? I CAN"T TRUST THEM! Can YOU??
How do they expect the public to have any respect for them!! It's just incredible what is going on in this country. We are much worse off then we were back in 1973. There is nothing to be proud of after 40 years of independence. We have gone down hill ever since then. That's my 5 cents!!

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Power out 1.30 pm Friday. Power back on 1.30 am Sunday. Total hours without any power or running water - 36 hours. Please tell me who will pay for all the rotten food I (and thousands of others) will now have to throw out, together with broken electrical appliances? Government was recently so quick to point out how much money a strike by the Bahamas Air pilots "cost" them - $840,000........anyone care to guess how much Mr Miller's incompetence has cost the country in the last two days alone? My conservative estimate is $8,400,000. And we have not even seen BahaMar come on stream and the first days of Summer are still months away.....Shame on you Government, shame on you.

@onlyinthebahamas - we do have JunkanooCarnival to look forward too!

I find it incomprehensible, how in the 21st century, an Island of the size of New Providence could have such a poor grasp of their own infrastructure, that this particular power catastrophe could even occur. Obviously, maintenance of ALL equipment has been an issue......I'm no conspiracy nut, but the timing of ALL our last years power outages DO certainly point to the construction of the BAHAMAR....BUT Nassau has also grown very quickly, in the past years.....new neighborhoods and houses springing up everywhere.

THAT BEING SAID, THIS LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF OUTAGES, IS UNACCEPTABLE.

After being saddled with a 71/2% VAT in January, it appears, as usual, the government is playing with us......We all lost a lot of food....that is a given......our electrical equipment now has a much shorter lifespan. We have all breathed in MORE noxious fumes, from our neighbors' generators, while secretly coveting the fact they can afford them.....
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO USE NEBULIZERS ?????THE ELDERLY WHO DEPEND ON OXYGEN????? DIABETICS, WHOSE MEDICATIONS REQUIRE REFRIGERATION???????

The good people of this BEAUTIFUL country need to stand up and peacefully protest the BEC and the governing behind it.........ALL the people....

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE *ALL*TOOK OUR SPOILED GARBAGE, AND PEACEFULLY PUT IT ON THE FRONT LAWN OF BEC HEADQUARTERS........THE MASS QUANTITY WOULD CERTAINLY GRAB THEIR ATTENTION!!!! LET THEM CARRY OFF THE TROUBLES THEY HAVE CAUSED.......LET THEM HAVE TO DISPOSE OF IN THE DUMP..........(That's still burning, is it not)...........

It has taken over 40 years of incompetence, political meddling, slush funding, union saturation,
kickbacks, payoffs, to create this situation.
You want it fixed now?
you couldn't have arrived at at this disaster any faster had you planned to!
Neither do you make consistently wrong decisions for over 40 years without
facing a very high price!

Aging power stations,poorly planned infrastructure and incompetent engineers that sound like the fuel that caused this fire. BEC needs more than a new management team but a strategic partner who is familiar with generation and distribution of electricity based on our capacity who will not just ring every profit and penny out of the company to transfer to their foreign homebase but who will be in a position to help us correct our infrastructural shortcomings and manage more efficiently.

But on the brighter side if there is one, maybe just maybe some of yall had no choice with no smartphones, tvs,internet etc. and spend some quality time ,outdoors with your family. I know that kill some of yall SMH.

Met a lady last week Tuesday who told me her power was going on and off from Monday morning. She lives in the west. BEC may have been having under the radar problems all week which culminated in the catastrophic failure on Friday.

Comrades while costs at BEC relating to political interference, fuel, old equipment and out of whack payrolls and employee benefits are contributing factors, we also have to take notice that the only solar energy built into the construction of the Andros's BAMSI, were the flames shooting from the roof.
What solar energy provisions went into building the National Stadium by the Chinese? Would be interesting to know with China as the world's leading installer of solar photovoltaics, what solar
installations were done at Baha Mar?
The same question must also be asked; what are you doing to install solar energy into all the other commercial and residential projects underway or being planned? This should also apply to both
new construction and major renovations.

Check your calendar Comrade "Pot cake," cuz not only has it turned March 15, 2015, and it was back on November 19, 2014, when you did say: "That despite the steep drop in global oil prices, BEC customers should not expect to see decreases in electricity bills - until “at least January 2015”.
Yet, despite paying their damn bills, now when you flicks the light switches on - not only are the light bulbs not coming on, but stick your finger in wall socket, with no fear getting shocked.

put in solar, I have been off the grid for three years , no worries about power companies and no power bills . now i have a solar powered car no gas or power company. Its a mater of knowing power companies will always be bad, so use the sun and be your own power company.

Comrade Bigbadbog may I ask what your total costs were to go solar and did the government financially reward with cash assistance or with rebates to help cover your investment? May I suggest you may want to consider opening your place for 2 hours once a month, for interested parties to stop by to have for a firsthand look at why they should be going solar.
What are your real BEC savings monthly?
Did you use a local company and are you willing to recommend them?

i have a 5000 sq ft house and the light bills were 600 a month winter 900 to 1200 summer, my last three year light bills on solar total were only 300 . I bought the 10 kw system in florida at solar electonics for 14,000 and we installed it ourself with a electrian. the first batterys did not work well sold them and spent 10,000 more on a better set, rolles 530 so im about 25,000 cost my saving so far is about 8400 per year in three years its paid for. We get full airconditioning , and have only had to switchback to the grid a few times after three days of overcast. I also have two solar hot water panels. But you dont have to do it all atonce if you can not afford the big cost, start with a smaller sytem 3 kw for 5000 and add when you get savings. the goverment helped by no duty saved a lot.

What's the lifetime, when will you have to replace panels?

25 years life time expected from panels, 12 to 15 years batteries, and can be installed hurrican proof or at least resistant.

Comrades I am a novice when it comes to solar energy and curious, if there can be a potential besides savings on electricity costs and helping the environment which is vital to our tourism economics, is there an argument for the government rewarding you for the extra electricity you generate? If this were the case the added bonus over the long term might make more sense than having your money sit in a bank's low interest account? I think government has a financial responsibility to encourage home and business owners to invent into the most efficient energy savings programs.

The bungling dysfunctional incompetent Perry "Vomit" Christie is the primary culprit behind all that has gone wrong at BEC, leaving our country unable to meet its electrical power supply needs. It is none other than Christie himself who has allowed self-confessed Lady Smacker Miller and union leaders like Hanna to run BEC into the ground. Meanwhile Christie has the pudgy one with short stubby grubby dirty sticky fingers trying to figure out how best to go about restructuring the ownership of BEC so that Christie's PLP apparatus and certain of his select political friends and business cronies can make out like bandits at the expense of his caged poor black crabs who will be left to bake in the sweltering summer heat soon to be upon them. Yes, Christie does indeed like to have his black crabs served well baked come the height of summer as they crawl around during long hot unbearable days and nights, seeking what little relief if any that they can find. Perhaps some comfort and relief might be found by a few thousand of us over cooked crabs loitering in the lobby areas of those well air conditioned foreign owned hotels like Baha Mar and Atlantis.

I put my solar system in out of my savings exactily as talrussell says , was getting .05 percent , by investing in solar i got my money back in 3 years and now making 33 percent on my investment . With that money i have now invested in a electric car 20k no gas no electricty runs off my spare solar from my house gets 120 miles to a charge and goes very quick . we must try to get more solar into the bahamas , and use the sun, its free.

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Anyone else notice more Bahamians migrating? I know of at least 12 people in the last 2-3 months. Used to be unheard of, now seems like if they have the opportunity, people are getting out of this madness.