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…
Are you a senior executive or leader seeking expert leadership and guidance to navigate the challenges faced by the energy or power sector in such perilous and uncertain times? If the response is yes, then register now to attend the Chief Executive Officers’ & Leadership Conference with Legal & Corporate Track, hosted In-Person by CARILEC & BPL from May 15th…
September 10, 2021 NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) is pleased to announce the signing on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, of the historic Industrial Agreement (IA) between the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) and BPL. This groundbreaking agreement is the first IA signed by BPL since the Company took over management of the electrical utility…
Introduction: A Legacy of Transformation The Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) is mandated to ensure the provision of electricity throughout the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The fact that The Bahamas is an archipelago presents a unique challenge in delivering electricity to the inhabited islands. Nonetheless, the commitment of the Board of Directors is to ensure that BPL provides…
PRESS STATEMENT TO: MEDIA FROM: BAHAMAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED (BPL) DATE: JULY 21, 2021 6:30PM SUBJECT: BPL: BESS CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASSAU, NP – Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) announced on Tuesday that, following a rigorous selection process that involved the Ministry of Finance and the Inter- American Development Bank, Finnish energy conglomerate Wӓrtsilӓ…
PRESS STATEMENT TO: GENERAL PUBLIC FROM: BAHAMAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED (BPL) DATE: JUNE 28, 2021 TIME: 3PM SUBJECT: BPL Statement On Industrial Action FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASSAU, NP – Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) values and appreciates its line staff, many of whom have gone and continue to go above and…
PRESS STATEMENT TO: GENERAL PUBLIC FROM: BAHAMAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED (BPL) DATE: MAY 25, 2021 TIME: 7PM SUBJECT: BPL, Statement On Outage Investigation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASSAU, NP – Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. acknowledges the statement issued by Station A manager and operator Wärtsilä on Friday, May 21, 2021, in which Wärtsilä reported that an…
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