I wonder if it ever occurred to BPL Chairwoman Darnell Osborne that those BEC personnel responsible for this illegal act should be terminated?

On another note, when do we learn whether the various government departments are paying their bills to BEC? I suspect they are not. Government staff have long gone to work during the day in sweaters and jackets in the middle of the sweltering summers and the air-conditioning is left piping all night long. It is all part of the misplaced feeling of entitlement and total lack of responsibility for the country that pays the salaries of the civil servants.

Hold on though... this BEC official seems like they are speaking with pride about the 40% paying bribes to staff! What kind of lousy management is this? What other sensible company in The Bahamas will sit idly by and allow almost half their revenue to be siphoned away by CRIMINAL employees. AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?

I saw the police came and put some people out of their apartment for non payment of rent. Court ordered eviction The evicted tenants just took their clothes and left everything else in the yard where it was put. They just didn't have anywhere to take their furniture. Eventually people came through the night and toted off most of the stuff. The rain came and destroyed what was left. So now a family must start ove with only the clothes on their backs. Electricity is still a luxury for many.

So what do you suggest John, that the landlord just allow these people to live in their apartment rent free? What exactly are you getting at? The days of handouts are over, in order to thrive one must actually work and pay their bills.

This is just too funny, I am going to sell my shares in BPL, Oh, that's right, I can't 'cos my government owns then for me. Can we drain even more money from the NIB investment fund to buy them a new decent generator to play with? The current toys are getting old and worn out. I heard that there is a French firm that makes generators and also gives decent sized kickbacks.

Comrades! Abacoians not wanting be left out - bumped into the previous red shirts man's to occupy the PMO - Papa Hubert's $105 million BEC's Wilson City, Abaco power plant?

If BPL Chairwoman Darnell Osborne can determine that NEARLY half of Bahamas Power and Light’s disconnected customers are reconnected illegally by paying “bribes” to employees, it should be a no-brainer to figure out which employees are being illegally paid to turn peoples power back on!

Perry Christie and V. Alfred Gray can solve this "mystery" even without the AMI Project.

Where's the confusion on who to hold accountable? These people should be charged and terminated.

Isn't making money on the side a negotiated Union perk?
Are we that endemically crooked?

solar energy IS NOT CHEAP.

it is cheap to obtAIN, it is very, very expensive to store.

that is why people cannot go solar.

to solarize a home would cost about 5-10 years electricity bill upfront plus the coasts of system maintenance.

re: the electricity repairs: GR is not the only one who noticed it, this is the same crew who connects people illegally and causes outage every time they want an increase, maybe some someone will start going after the thugs, they too rob the people.

as to these other solutions, if i were a genius, i would not be using talk shows as a platform, one is known by the company they keep, and the talk shows attract the unemployed insane.

BPL Chairwoman Darnell Osborne seems to know this is a problem and let she and all the management at BPL/BEC has allowed money to be left on the table by corrupt, thieving employees. Management and board **should all be fired.** **Immediately**. Stop taking food outta my children's mouths. Convict. Give a s$@t about regular Bahamians who **do** pay their bills (and have to work extra hard and long to do it).

Who illegally re-connects a disconnected BPL customer?????? ....... the customer or a BPL worker?????? ........... that should be investigated thoroughly and measures put in place to punish the parties concerned.