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UPDATE: No immediate danger with cables in water-BVIEC
HODGE’S CREEK, Tortola, VI – Persons residing along the road leading to Dead Man's Apartment and others who traverse the road are likely to have their fears allayed soon as the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has promised swift action to secure an exposed pipe containing electrical lines.
UPDATE: Power restored to Tortola following island-wide outage
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A broken pipe at the BVI Electricity Corporation’s Pockwood Pond plant is reportedly the cause of island-wide disruptions to power on May 21, 2013 across the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: Power restored following utility pole mishap
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Power was restored to all affected areas, homes and businesses leading up to the 9 P.M. hour on February 11, 2013 after communities from Prospect Reef to McNamara in Road Town were left without electricity following an accident that occurred in the Fisher Estate area.
Former BVIEC employee Hastings Grant passes!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Word reaching this news site around 2:15 A.M is that long time employee of the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC), Hastings Grant, was pronounced dead at 2:00 A.M on November 25, 2012 at Peebles Hospital.
Power outage forces early closure of certain Main Street businesses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Certain businesses on Main Street were forced to “lock shop” earlier than usual on October 4, 2012 due to yet another period of power outage in the area.
Fire raged in Brewers Bay but damage was contained
BREWERS BAY, Tortola, VI – A fire suspected to be of electrical origin was earlier today, September 2, 2012 prevented from causing extensive damage to nearby lives and property, as it was put out just in the nick of time.
BVIEC replacing original streetlights with LED lights
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the objectives of the Government of the Virgin Islands is to reduce the territory’s dependence on imported oil derived from fossil fuels. The strategy for accomplishing the aforementioned is multifaceted and will be initiated by various methods. The first of these methods is through the use of techniques involving energy conservation. One such conservation method is with the conversion of our traditional roadway lighting to Light Emitting Diodes (LED).
No “immediate” impact expected on fuel price or electric bill from Hovensa closing
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Customers can breathe a sigh of relief for the next five months, as assurances have been given from the BVI Electricity Corporation that their utility charges will not fluctuate based on the closing of the Hovensa Oil Refinery in St. Croix while fuel prices at the pumps is also expected to remain the same during that period.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Keon K. August
By Aneka Edwards
This week’s young professional was Employee of the Year 2010, and the ambitious young man made no bones that he would like another accolade in the future.
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