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Staff from the Bermuda Electric Light Company (BELCO) recently held a roof wetting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the main structure and roof of the North Power Station (NPS). The NPS is part of the Company’s $250 million capital plan to e...

The Bermuda Electric Light Company Ltd. (‘BELCO’) would like to congratulate the recipients of this year’s annual scholarships and bursaries, ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 per selected student. Sixteen deserving students received the BELCO scholarsh...

Customers selling excess electricity generated from their renewable energy systems to the Bermuda Electric Light Company, will be paid at a higher rate from today. The 30.4 per cent increase means customers will now receive 22.65 cents per kilowatt h...

A Digicel customer has sounded the alarm over the Belco outage hotline, 955, after his phone was drained in the aftermath of this month’s storm damage, which knocked out power across the island. The Warwick resident, who asked not to be named, emphas...

Power outages this afternoon affected hundreds of customers in the City of Hamilton, Pembroke and Devonshire along the North Shore. Shortly after 2pm, the power cut put 739 customers in the dark in Pembroke and 545 in Devonshire. The island contended...

Former employees and overseas workers have helped to return power to Bermuda after Hurricane Humberto, a Belco representative said yesterday. The spokesman said: “Thankfully, with the assistance of our retirees, as well as extra linemen from Algonqu...

The island’s utilities provider is preparing for the potential impact of Hurricane Humberto later today. A company spokesman said: “Belco’s crisis management team continue to meet regularly and are closely monitoring the approach of Hurricane Humber...

CedarBridge Academy closed early after a power outage yesterday, Classes at the senior school, in Prospect, were expected to resume today after Belco gave it the all-clear. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said that the school had experie...

Belco is ready to send teams to help the Bahamas in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. The storm struck the island nation on Sunday as a Category 5 hurricane and lingered there for almost two days, causing extensive damage. A Bel...

More than 20,000 customers across the island lost power after a major transmission fault at Belco yesterday. Residents reported outages in every parish from about 10am, but service was fully restored by noon. A Belco spokesman said that at the heigh...

It’s no real surprise that Ascendant Group shareholders voted to sell their company to Canadian energy company Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation despite cogent arguments being made against the sale of one of the island’s largest remaining Ber...

You’re not seeing things when your monthly Belco bill charges for more than a month’s worth of usage. In some instances, those additional days can tip a customer deeper into a higher rate tier. Belco is in the process of installing meters fitted with...