Bahamas Electricity Corporation#Bahamas Power and Light

{{Short description|Government electricity provider in the Bahamas}}

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The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is a government corporation that provides electricity to all of the Bahama Islands except for Grand Bahama. The corporation operates 30 generating plants in 25 island locations, with 100,000 customers and a peak capacity of 438 MW.{{Cite web |title=Commercial Services – Bahamas Power and Light Company |url=https://www.bplco.com/services_group/commercial-services/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |language=en-US}} Most of the stations use diesel engines; a large gas-turbine plant is installed at the Blue Hills Power Station.{{Cite web |title=History of Electricity in the Bahamas |url=https://www.bahamaselectricity.com/about/company_profile/electricity_history.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115122600/http://www.bahamaselectricity.com/about/company_profile/electricity_history.cfm |archive-date=2011-11-15 |access-date=2011-09-10 |website=Bahamas Electricity Corporation}}

Bahamas Power and Light

The BEC has a subsidiary in Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), which serves customers in New Providence and the Family Islands.{{Cite web |title=Bahamas Power and Light |url=https://www.bahamaslocal.com/showlisting/5775/Bahamas_Power_and_Light.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Bahamas Local}} As of 2023, BPL provides 83% of the power, 535 megawatts, in the Bahamian grid.{{Cite web |last=McKenzie |first=Natario |date=2023-05-25 |title=URCA to examine BPL 'status quo' |url=https://ewnews.com/urca-to-examine-bpl-status-quo/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Eye Witness News |language=en-US}}

History

BEC was founded in 1956 by the passing of Electricity Act.{{Cite web |date=1956-05-17 |title=Chapter 194 |url=https://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1956/1956-0017/1956-0017_1.pdf |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Government of the Bahamas}}

References

External links

[http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/publicworks Ministry of Works and Utilities]
[http://www.bahamaselectricity.com/ Bahamas Electricity Corporation]

Category:Electric power companies of the Bahamas

Category:Government agencies established in 1956

Category:1956 establishments in the Bahamas