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Belco has just completed electric vehicle training for its fleet team as it moves towards a 100 per cent electric fleet. The five-day training was carried out by Craig Van Batenburg of Massachusetts-based Automotive Career Development Centre. Jas...

The Regulatory Authority has backed hi-tech smart meters installed by power firm Belco. The authority said yesterday that the meters comply with safety standards set by the United States Federal Communications Commission. The authority will carry out...

The LF Wade International Airport suffered a partial power cut this afternoon — but the problem has not caused flight delays. A Belco spokeswoman said the outage began at 1.10pm when the power system connected to the airport’s north terminal was trip...

Belco is to run an education campaign on wireless devices at the forefront of the company’s modernisation plans. “Smart meters”, which record electricity consumption in detail and beam readings straight to the power company, are set to replace tradit...

An energy sector executive who is responsible for one of the largest electric transmission networks in the northeast of the US has joined the board of Ascendant Group Limited, the parent company of Belco. Rudolph Wynter is one of two new appointments...

Representatives of the US firm trying to buy out Ascendant Group have been in Bermuda this week, answering questions from the Bermuda company’s shareholders. Their visit comes in the run-up to Ascendant’s annual shareholders meeting on Friday. The Ro...

A mix of energy resources using natural gas as the principal generating fuel came out on top in an evaluation of the options for the future of Bermuda’s electricity supply. This is revealed in the Integrated Resource Plan Proposal, which compares fou...

Public feedback is being sought on a proposed Integrated Resource Plan for the island’s energy sector. The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda announced two town hall meetings as it launched the first stage of public consultation on the document, drawn ...

Consultation on the method to calculate the rate paid to Renewable Energy Metering Scheme participants is under way, the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda has announced. The feed-in tariff is paid by Belco to compensate people who are connected to the ...

This rotten and damaged electricity cable dates back to 1951, the year when the Royal Naval Dockyard officially closed as a British military facility and Earl Cameron made his big-screen debut in Pool of London. After 67 years of service within the i...

Revised plans for a North Power Station at Belco have claimed that work could be completed next autumn — and pave the way to a potential move to natural gas as a fuel source. Planning documents estimate that the construction project will involve arou...

Walter Higgins, the former chief executive officer of Ascendant Group Ltd, has taken on one of the most challenging jobs in the power utility world. The utilities veteran was this week named as CEO of Prepa, the Puerto Rico electricity firm — six mo...