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It’s all in the signage: Henry W. Smith Power Station signage on display
After some 49 years working at the Corporation, the BVIEC Board of Directors recommended the renaming of the station in honour of Henry Wilfred ‘Freddie’ Smith and it enjoyed Cabinet’s blessings and that of the House of Assembly.
‘Freddie’, as he is affectionately called, is the brother of Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL).
The new honouree Henry W. Smith told the local media at last month's ceremony that he never expected to be honoured in such a grand way.
Signage up for ‘Freddie’
The soft spoken Mr Smith thanked both the Board for their kind gesture and the “Corporation family”.
Well, the BVIEC wasted no time and now has the new signage erected. And just in case you have not noticed, the sign is located at the main entrance gate at the Pockwood Pond Power Station, on the western side of Tortola.
Meanwhile, beside getting a new name, Phase V of the Corporation’s $50M project, $35M of which was funded by a BVI Social Security loan, was also handed over on May 4, 2017. General Manager of the BVIEC, Leroy A. E. Abraham, speaking at the ceremony, said “the project represents a paradigm shift”.
Mr Abraham, who has been at the helm of the Corporation for some 17 years, promised with the turnover of the three new Wartsila generators that we can expect “a more reliable electricity supply and that affords BVIEC the opportunity to perform both planned and unplanned maintenance on its generation assets”.
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