We as Bahamians have proven beyond any reasonable doubt that we can not provide reliable power at a reasonable rate .We can not even provide reliable electricity at one of the highest rates to consumers in the region while the company BEC/BPL blew through 350 million and added that much legacy debt .I don,t care if its crooked politicians , bad maintenance ,cronies and friends ,,we have proven we can not use a rather simple proven technology ,diesel generators ,and produce electricity ,,It was like that w Batelco before privatization ,,we had cell formant that was not compatible w anywhere else and old equipment while Debbie Bartlett used Batelcos buying power ,ie our treasury, to buy and then sell new technology to Turks and Caicos etc ,,we have proven we can,t do it ,,And if you say its this politician or that ,,they is us ,,breed and born ,,Privatize it !!! I can,t wait for Shell N A to take it over ,, Thank goodness for Like CWC and ALIV ..

How come she was not pointing and making noise when she was transport minister and some 30 odd million did not make it to the treasury ,,Huh ??

Since you want to bring colour into it ,,go take a stroll around Hope town ,Green turtle cay ,Spanish wells ,,then go stroll around George town Exuma and get back to me about which one is a dump

Who ran up all the debt ,,us yes us w massive corruption an everyone auntie ,cousin ,mummy w government job ,,, The foreign company has to lay out at least 500 million to build a plant ,do u think they should not make money ..We have proven w out a doubt that we are unable to produce reliable power at a reasonable rate ,,we have spent 35 years proving this point ,,w out a doubt . I just had to shell out for my second mini split ac in 3 years b/c of surge and low voltage ..Give me reliable power at the same rate and I would be thrilled ,,any rate reduction would be the cherry on top

No we were not ,,,but it goes down easier if we blame our predicament on others instead of ourselves

You had a wheel barrel at the front door of BOB huh ??

nobody forced us to borrow one red cent ,,our own grossly overstaffed public sector and massive corruption forced us to keep borrowing ,,and we all loved it and thought we were great ,,well now its time to pay up ..This is amazing b/c we basically have consumption taxes ,duty/vat therefore our tax base is much larger than our population ,,ie every time a visitor eats they our paying our taxes,, and we still blew through the tax revenue like drunken sailors then borrowed more

There is no value what so ever to BPL ,no one in their right mind would buy it .Run down equipment ,350 million dollar debt , overstaffed .We have not been able to keep the lights on at a reasonable rate for 40 years .Its not just corrupt people in parliament ,it is corruption all the way through ,,dam we only collect about 40%to50% of customs duty our main source of revenue ,its from the little guy slipping his custom officer 200 dollars to cheat on 3000 dollars worth of goods to the big boys slipping thousands ,,The only business decision any power supplier w any brains would make would be to build own and operate and collect revenue ..It really is as simply as that ..For decades we have had massive corruption w grossly overstaffed government corporations ,dam 600 million walked out the front door of BOB and 100 of millions before that out of the development bank ,,its been a free for all ,,now its time to pay the piper .I used to begrudge the foreign owned hotels etc ,,now thank god for them or we would have nothing ,,remember our hotel ventures ,Ambassodor beach ,,etc ,,that our treasury built for millions and we sold for pennies on the dollar ..No one in their right mind would pay one red nickel for BPl/bpc,,thank god someone is willing to build a new plant b/c we don,t have the money to build one ..I was against VAT too ,but its keeps the big boys from cheating on customs ,,they would be cheating themselves out of their rebate

what do u want the government to do in Freeport ?? Large resort hotels are waning ,the new model is Arbnb etc ,,Sure destination resort make it Atlantis etc but realistically we don,t have enough people w the right demeanor anymore for service in big resorts .Please don,t go one about boutique hotels our fixed cost ,electricity etc and low productivity and pilferage are too high for small hotels .How come Abaco does so well and Freeport does not ??..Same sun ,sand ,,sea ,,additude , smiles ,service bring guest ..guest spend Bahamians open off shoot business

Actually the FNM cancelled the contract w North Carolinas Power secure which was just a way for the PLP to keep the blame off of them and kick backs were probably involved .Power secure did not bring in hordes of foreign workers it was a management contract .The reality is we have not been able to provide reliable power at a reasonable rate since the late 1970,s .You can choose whatever excuse you want but facts are facts .We have now signed a deal w Shell N A to build a new plant , lower rates . .I know you like to make up "facts " to fit your whitey is always bad narrative and the black man is easily duped ,,but this is the reality of the situation and the facts .