Stop complaining; turn off appliances & get solar panels- Sam Henry
“Electricity bills are going to continue to get higher, I don’t think it’s going to get any cheaper,” Henry said on the Speak Your Mind Show aired on September 7, 2013.
The host said if attention was paid every two years to the bids issued for contract for the supply of fuel to the power plant, it would be noted that the bid prices continue to rise.
“Just imagine, nothing major happened in the world, you’re buying from the same suppliers and you’re getting a higher cost for shipping,” he stated.
Henry said the question of why this is continuing to happen should be asked and stated that the next contract issued will also be higher. “That means, [with] the fuel surcharge, you will get stuck with a higher bill,” he said.
According to the host, rather than sitting around complaining and in an effort to force the government’s hand, residents should buy solar panels that are big enough to supply electricity to their homes once they can afford it.
“If a lot of us do that tomorrow, the government would recognise there are alternatives and we will get changes. You have to be proactive, if you don’t take a stand and you continue to say ‘I can’t, I can’t, I can’t’ then you will always be in the situation you’re in,” he advised.
Henry said he knew of homeowners around the Virgin Islands who were already utilising this measure and were saving money.
He advised that residents unplug their refrigerators and other electrical items that were not being used around the home during the day.
“I know it sounds kind of crazy, but if you keep your ice box closed for eight hours, the temperature is maintained to a certain level, your product is safe. At the end of the day when you come home your meter runs slower and it means you’re burning less electricity.”
“Sometimes we have to resort to some extreme measures and maybe that’s where we’re at right now, maybe that’s where we’re heading…” he said.
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18 Responses to “Stop complaining; turn off appliances & get solar panels- Sam Henry”
Here we have legalized THEFT, they are allowed to charge us for power we are creating for ourselves! So during those power outages when your big nice generator cuts in automatically and you think your BVI electricity bill will reflect that...THINK AGAIN! You have to pay for your generator, the gas you put in it aannnddd BVI electricity is till charging you even though their power is off and your meter is running backward....Yup you heard it here friends...THEFT is a BVI tradition!!!
Also when did you last try to build a small house for $100,000.00 in the BVI a toilet block costs as much as that!
The BVIEC doesn't have to be your main source of power they only have to be"THE ONLY CONSTANT SOURCE" so as long as you switch off for 30 minutes a day then everything is okay. They don't let you tie to the grid and give them power...
A drop of water is constant into your home, this can be the BVIEC
A hose pipe of water comes into your home and you use it as your main source of water.
Constant and Main are two completely different things.
Excess solar power can then be sold back into the grid, without that current excuse from BVI Electricity board that it would be dangerous to connect private systems to the grid.
Feeder tarif solar systems are common in other countries. Modernise and let us share the benefits.