Have no Fear Mr. D’Aguilar, Lien laws cannot be far behind!
The lawyers will have a field day with them but,
Progress right? (heavy on the sarcasm!)

Individual Solar/Wind/Alt Energy is really the only answer on the horizon,
but does require a significant investment.
While prices have dropped significantly over the last 10 years,
Expertise in evaluating a home/businesses Electrical loads peak demand
is very essential,
beware the opportunists willing to experiment with your money!
Also be aware of the user learning curve, it can be mild or steep depending on the equipment route taken.
Net metering is the simplest most effective solution for all concerned,
but the one BEC execs do not want.
Pray for once the Government sees the simplicity and acts in favor,
for all Bahamians.
Would be the best Legacy for any Prime Minister/Government.

The further they get away from the rule of law,
Or muck about with the rule of law,
the worse things will get in the Bahamas.
No one will plan, invest, repair or renew anything,
because tomorrow is clouded in political smoke!
Tackle crime?
each and every Police officer knows he is more likely to become a statistic via poor equipment, Logistics, and training.
Immediate self preservation is the one thing Bahamians do very well.
Long term thinking is what's for Lunch

1) No utility has control over the cost of fuel, bunker, Diesel or LNG.
2) Union benefits, worker benefits and desired profitability add to costs.
3) Repairs and Maintenance add to costs.
4) Importing fuels adds significant costs and expends foreign reserves.
The answer is overhead, but so far has been successfully ignored by Regulator and Government alike.
Until Alternate energy is embraced and allowed at the private sector level, residential and commercial, without the ridiculous, punitive, and devious stipulations of the self preserving Utilities, (BEC and EMERA) the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas will continue to bleed.
That we have in effect no appreciable Solar/Alt energy footprint in the Bahamas makes us the fools of the region.
That the Government more than one year ago were issuing daily proclamations for renewable energy but has done not one thing to enable it or implement it, or allow others to implement it,
Proves us all to be fools deserving of each other.

In part we have had it so good for so long, we have neglected to monitor what our Government administrations are up to, especially internationally.
therefore as citizens we will now pay for not holding them accountable.
In the other part, they have collectively been driving the ship of state like drunken pillaging pirates!
They will now have us pay for their gross mistakes and fiscal ineptitude.
We are all too late and will soon be dollars short!
I wish the NGO's good luck.

Prayers and thoughts for the family, and every family who has lost through our willingness to kill.
Our society does not foster Respect, Our Prime Ministers must demand it with outriders and speed through traffic.
Yes, Nero fiddles, Marie Antoinette with "let them eat cake", when hearing the French people were starving,
But are we ready for the Police state? This is the only thing which will correct and reverse the trend, and many innocent will get beaten, maimed, and killed in the name of the Bahamas.
How honorable is that? That a Bahamian killed, or the Bahamas killed,
does the difference concern the victim?
An ounce of Prevention is worth a pound of cure,
the cost will be heavy on us all.

This asinine back and forth is pure distraction for public consumption,
and the people gobble it up!
All of them to a Man, are a disgraceful example for our children, embarrassing us internationally, and capable of fixing nothing!

Built for 400 MAX pop,
currently holding 2500 Plus.
I have seen the inside of Fox hill, 30 years ago and it was horrific then.
(Passing through, not checked in)
Perhaps the recent 8 million we just got from the Chinese could build a new decent (not luxurious) prison to handle our expected occupancy based on incarceration rate?
Maybe, 10-15k?

The Political power that be,
Have locked down the process via KPMG,
closed door hearings/meetings/sell off.
Can't have the public knowing what they're doing!

Who spent 4.6 Million?
If speaking of the Grant to Government for water heaters to be installed,
one would have to question the legitimacy of the "spend"
Given the Govt. Wastes so much and never follows through.
How many of those panels have actually been installed?
Are they having trouble picking the Party faithful for the "Freebie"?
I agree With Mr. Gilbert though, Such Fanfare, Such a positive Leap forward in the press a year ago, Minister Miller at the Orlando Solar show,
Such Excitement in the air, Relief is possible! Net metering can be done!
They must have landed in mud head first!
Bogged down in Idiocy, Ignorance, Greed, and in the Case of BEC, Control.
God forbid Bahamians would no longer have to be beholden to the Guys at the switch!
God forbid they should invest their own money to get out from under the Surcharge bus!
We will be back to canned milk and Kerosene very soon!
There is no limit to the amount of disappointment in these "bright new sparks" we have elected!