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Dear Sir, Please allow me to comment on a Belco “improvement” that is problematic. It appears that Belco wants some of its customers to sleep with a Belco bill and a flashlight handy in case the power goes off during the night — like happened at 4.30...

The Bermuda Electric Light Company Ltd has donated two antique electrical testing devices to the National Museum of Bermuda to add to the existing Belco collection and items on permanent display at the Progress of Power exhibit. The first piece of e...

One of Ascendant Group’s largest shareholders is urging the company to relist its shares in Canada or the US, if it does not receive an adequate buyout offer. Toronto-based IBV Capital has been accumulating shares in Ascendant, the parent company of ...

Ascendant Group Ltd’s core earnings dropped 10 per cent to $18.3 million last year as electricity sales slipped. Net income plunged 73 per cent, to $5.4 million from $20.2 million in 2017, driven by a one-off $12.8 million restructuring charge, relat...

Belco reminded property owners to cut back their trees from power lines as they continue to cause outages across the island. More than 3,400 customers lost power last year as a result of trees falling on power lines that were not related hurricanes....

Electricity stored in new industrial-scale batteries at Belco will provide a back-up system that can deliver ten megawatts of power at a moment’s notice. It is believed that could be enough energy to power about 6,500 households, based on US data. T...

The Women’s Resource Centre and BELCO recently partnered to host a workshop entitled ‘Use Less, Save More’: How to Reduce your Electricity Bill. The one hour Free Lunch & Learn was sponsored by BELCO. The objective was for women to gain tools to lead...

Ascendant Group Ltd is considering putting itself up for sale — and one potential buyer has already revealed an interest. Twenty First Century Utilities, the US company that had a bid for Ascendant turned down last April, would consider trying again ...

A local firm that was part of the construction of a new power station at Belco has left the job, a spokesman for the power company said. But the departure of Somers Construction is not expected to impact the building of the North Power Station’s buil...

A year-long closure of a section of a road so construction of a new power station at utility firm Belco has already affected businesses in the area, it was claimed yesterday. Business owners in the area of Cemetery Road said the work did not need the...

Belco’s customer centre at the head office on 27 Serpentine Road, Pembroke will close at noon on Monday, the company advised. Normal business hours will resume on Thursday, December 27, after the Christmas holiday. Belco customers will be able to mak...

Two roads will be closed for more than a year while the North Power Plant is constructed at Belco. Tribe Road #2, between St John’s Road and Cemetery Road; and Cemetery Road, between Cemetery Lane and the bridge to Gorham’s Limited, will shut until J...