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Belco has long-term plans to become a 100 per cent renewable energy company, an online forum heard yesterday. Krista Barnes, director of communications and sustainability at Belco, said that a “sustainability team” had been formed and was in the ini...

Belco is due to hold an online question and answer session tonight as it outlines its plans for sustainable energy. Wayne Caines, president of Belco, said: “At Belco we are keen to engage the public and outline our plans for creating a sustainable en...

A company owned by a Regulatory Authority board member has been paid almost $112,000 for IT services after the watchdog failed to put the work out to tender, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A public access to information notice on the Regulatory Author...

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp, the Canadian company whose properties include Belco, has reported revenues of $634.5 million in the first quarter, an increase of 36 per cent year-over-year. The company, which reported in US dollars, said it had adj...

Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

An oversight in the commissioning of the North Power Station and “incorrect operating instructions” sparked an island-wide power outage last year, energy firm Belco revealed yesterday. A Belco spokesman said the company had been “resolving warranty i...

Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

Making cost less of a barrier for people who want to use solar energy, and helping charities to benefit from electricity generated by rays of sunshine, are part of the mission of Sunny Side Solar. Claire Smith and Nick Hutchings teamed up to make a d...

It has been Belco’s honour to provide electricity to the homes and businesses on this island for more than a century. During that time, much has changed: consumption of electricity has grown exponentially and our system has been continually improved ...

An inquiry into last December’s island-wide power outage has submitted its findings to the Regulatory Authority. But despite being given the all-clear to release it by regulators, the report has yet to be made public. The island was hit by a day-long...

The Bermuda Electric Light Company Ltd has announced that electricity fee increases imposed by the Regulatory Authority this week will not be passed on to customers until May 1. Belco said the RA’s announcement on Wednesday that electricity fees paid...

A Regulatory Authority of Bermuda fee that is added to Belco electricity bills has been increased temporarily. The charge has risen from 0.475 of a cent per kilowatt hour, to 0.635 of a cent per kWh. The Royal Gazette asked how long the temporary inc...