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…
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…
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…
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…
NASSAU, NP – Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL) reported that both the number and percentage of customers who are now paying their bills online have increased in the last year, with a sharp boost over the past few months. Nearly 27,000 customers paid their bills online through various channels last month (May 2020). Whitney Heastie, BPL CEO, said,…
