Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. invites applications for consideration into their Lineworker Apprenticeship Training Programme. The application deadline is Friday, November 25, 2022. Utilityman Mates and Linesman Mates are responsible for assisting with the erection, maintenance and repairs of overhead distribution and transmission lines. This includes planting and changing poles, stringing conductors and hardware, mounting transformers, making connections, tree…
New Providence, Bahamas – Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL) advises customers that we are aware of and closely monitoring outages in the following areas: Westwinds South Beach Drive West Bay Street Moon Shine Drive Coral Harbour Minnie Street These areas are experiencing interruptions in power supply due to severe weather conditions impacting our infrastructure (including Broken Poles…
November 8, 2022 For Immediate Release The Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL) assures our customers and community that we are taking all necessary and available steps to prepare our staff, infrastructure and customers to handle the passing of Subtropical Storm Nicole. Once it became apparent that islands of the Bahamas were to be impacted by the storm, our…
Please be advised that Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL), will close its offices in islands under Tropical Storm or Hurricane Warnings or Watches today, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 1:00pm to allow for preparations for Subtropical Storm Nicole, and post-storm restoration efforts. Our offices will reopen in the various islands once the Warnings and Watches have been lifted.…
Back Row Left to Right: Mr. Burlington Strachan, Chief Technical Officer, Ms. Toni Seymour, Chief Operating Officer, Nadeen Eugene, Director of Customer Services, Ian Pratt, Chief Administrative Officer, Jamal Glover, Treasurer of the BHTA and General Manager of Bayview Suites, Paradise Island Front Row: Chandrice Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer, Shevonn Cambridge, Chief Executive Officer, Robert “Sandy” Sands, President of The…
October 4, 2022 PRESS STATEMENT ON FUEL CHARGE AMENDMENTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Bahamas Power and Light Company (BPL) takes this opportunity to advise its consumers that due to the rising costs of fuel needed for the generation of electricity at its plants throughout the country, the circumstances are such that the Company must move to adjust the monthly Fuel…
NEW PROVIDENCE, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL) is preparing to replace 30,000 street lights as part of the Street Light Retrofitting Project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of The Bahamas. The main objectives of the project are to reduce the cost and the environmental impact of street lighting by upgrading existing high-pressure…
June 20, 2022 STATEMENT RE: JUNE 19 OUTAGE EVENTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW PROVIDENCE – Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL) advises the general public that on Sunday, June 19th we experienced outages due to two separate incidents. At 1:23 PM, several areas in Central New Providence went offline when a system disturbance occurred at our…
The Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Shevonn Nathaniel Cambridge. An accomplished businessman, attorney and leader, Cambridge served as Director of Utilities and Energy at the Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) from 2017. Prior to his appointment at URCA he spent 25 years at…
Nassau, The Bahamas, April 12, 2022– Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL), a long standing CARILEC member utility, will join CARILEC in hosting the 2022 Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) and Leadership Conference slated from May 15th to 19th. This premiere conference will be hosted alongside a Legal Officers’ and Corporate Secretaries’ Track slated for May 18th and19th. CARILEC…
