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Fierce winds and waves battered Bermuda yesterday as a powerful winter storm swept past the north of the island. Wayne Caines, the national security minister, confirmed that all government offices and public schools would be open today. Mr Caines add...

Harrington Sound Primary School closed today after a power outage. Parents were urged to collect students as soon as possible. The Bermuda Government said electricity was lost after a Belco transformer blew in the Harrington Sound area as a powerful ...

Hundreds of people lost power as a result of strong winds this weekend. And a Storm Warning has been issued for tomorrow afternoon and evening. Ken Smith, meteorologist with the Bermuda Weather Service, added that a Gale Warning would again be in ef...

An upgrade of Belco’s customer self-service portal has left customers temporarily unable to initiate on-demand debit payments. In an e-mail to customers, the power utility said the portal was upgraded at the start of February in an effort to restore ...

More than 300 Belco customers will lose power as work is carried out on Friday. The outage will take place in Southampton, between 9am and 2pm. Areas affected are Riviera Road, Riviera Crescent, South Avenue, West Avenue, East Avenue, Sunny Side Park...

Belco has sent a third group of linemen to the British Virgin Islands to help bring power back to the hurricane-battered country. The latest five-man squad from Belco travelled to Tortola in the island group last week after the islands’ power authori...

Belco customers are advised they could be called as part of a survey throughout December. The research will be conducted by Total Research Associates and its partner, Corporate Research Associates. It will include telephone and online surveys and w...

Belco yesterday hosted a training exercise in emergency responses. The company is adopting the Incident Command System, a standardised approach to command, control and coordination of emergency response that is widely used in Canada, the United State...

A US-based company has joined forces with Bermuda partners in a bid to buy a majority share in power firm Belco. But Belco owners Ascendant Group said that the company is not for sale — and it has no interest in selling. Several sources told The Roy...

The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda has issued a notice requesting the Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited submit an Integrated Resource Plan proposal to the Authority by February 15, 2018. Belco was issued with a Transmission, Distribution and R...

Motorists were today advised to avoid the junction of Middle Road and Valley Road in Paget this weekend. Belco crews will carry out excavation and trenching work from Saturday to Monday as part of essential maintenance. The utility company said: “B...

Belco has hit back over the Regulatory Authority’s claim that what the utility decides to do about its ageing generators is a “business decision for Belco”. Instead, the utility says it needs to get permission from the regulator before it can dispose...