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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...

Bosses at Belco say they working with members of the community to address concerns about emissions. Wayne Caines, Belco president, told the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday that the energy provider was hard at work to address complaints and concerns ab...

Power has been restored to almost 650 people after damage to an electrical pole caused blackouts in the East End. A Belco spokesman confirmed that customers in St George’s were now back online after about two hours of repairs. He added that an invest...

Belco has urged customers to pay their bills remotely this week as stay at home orders come into effect. A Belco spokesman said the company will close its head office on Serpentine Road for the duration of the order, which starts tomorrow (Tuesday), ...

Pembroke residents say a recent study of tank water near Belco offered little comfort in addressing their concerns. While testing suggested that pollution found in tank water was within international standards, the Bermuda Clean Air Coalition said th...

Bermuda Electric Light Company Ltd is accepting applications for the company’s scholarship opportunities that are available to Bermudian students. The company said scholarships will be awarded to prospective employees of the company who will attend s...

Belco is advising the public to take care when flying kites over the Easter weekend. The electricity provider said that kites frequently get tangled in power lines, causing not only blackouts, but also potentially hazardous situations. Shelly Leman, ...

It’s an amazing shot, starry skies, the bright lights of Hamilton and a lone cloud, apparently right above the Belco stacks. It was taken last week by Christina Hutchings who said: “The cloud caught my eye because it was the only cloud in the clear a...

Repairs on a collapsed section of Harbour Road in Warwick have been extended until mid-April after missing repeated deadlines, the Ministry of Public Works said today. A ministry spokesman said the four months of construction between Burnt House Hill...

Water quality tests on tanks near Belco found trace levels of pollution – but at levels well within international standards for drinking water. Geoff Smith, an environmental engineer with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Shaun...

Danish backing of Belco’s power plant and other international power plants have come under fire in Denmark over their environmental impact. Danish media outlet Danwatch wrote that both Belco’s plant in Pembroke and a power plant in the African nation...