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No “immediate” impact expected on fuel price or electric bill from Hovensa closing

- BVIEC gives assurances of price stability
The BVI Electricity Corporation is assuring that customers will not feel the squeeze in their pockets from Hovensa closing on their electric bills.
The BVIEC gets its fuel from Hovensa through supplier Delta Petroleum and has assurances until the end of its contract in September of fuel supply and price stability.
The BVIEC gets its fuel from Hovensa through supplier Delta Petroleum and has assurances until the end of its contract in September of fuel supply and price stability.
Bob Pickering of Dominoe's Gas Station is exploring options for future fuel supply but said until June his prices will remain the same
Bob Pickering of Dominoe's Gas Station is exploring options for future fuel supply but said until June his prices will remain the same
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Customers can breathe a sigh of relief for the next five months, as assurances have been given from the BVI Electricity Corporation that their utility charges will not fluctuate based on the closing of the Hovensa Oil Refinery in St. Croix while fuel prices at the pumps is also expected to remain the same during that period.

In an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online yesterday January 30, 2012, Henry Creque, Acting General Manager of BVIEC, disclosed that the corporation has a fuel supply contract with Delta Petroleum who gets its fuel from Hovensa and it has since received formal assurances that its fuel supplies will not be interrupted and the prices in the contract which runs until the end of August 2012, should remain the same.

“We have been in discussions with Delta Petroleum about it and they have given us formal assurances that our fuel supplies will not be interrupted,” he said.

Asked about the issue of price and whether it will be increases and handed down to customers, he said the prices in the contract remain the same.

“So the price should not go up as a result of the closure,” Mr. Creque assured. “We have clear assurances up until June and further until the end of the contract.”

He said there will be a process between now and August with discussions with Delta Petroleum and said once all goes well he expects things to remain the same.

“We were very concerned as well when we heard about it and the quick time it will be closed.”

Speaking on the social aspect of the closing of the refinery, he said he is aware that there will be social consequences in both St. Croix and St. Thomas.

Regional General Manager of Delta Petroleum Bevis Sylvester was contacted on the issue but a comment up to publication time could not be obtained.

Bob Pickering of Dominoes Gas Station also gets his fuel, through a supplier from Hovensa and said he will continue to get fuel from them until June which means his prices will remain the same.

Pickering said initially the company had said it will no longer but exporting but shortly after it said it will be doing so until June.

Asked what he will do, come June, the businessman said he has begun looking in to options. While he has begun to look at the Puerto Rico market, Mr. Pickering said he understands that some 60 percent of Puerto Rico’s fuel also comes from Hovensa.

“People are concerned that prices will go up, right now it will be around the same price. Right now it’s more like concerns what is going to happen down the line,” he said as he hopes for the best.

10 Responses to “No “immediate” impact expected on fuel price or electric bill from Hovensa closing ”

  • Village Girl (31/01/2012, 08:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    if me see me bill go up me will pll out tis aticle
    • Pasty Rake (31/01/2012, 09:31) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      you know they always say it will not have no effect but you we get our bills it will be a diffrent talk.
      • under the bus (31/01/2012, 10:59) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        for real because them all say what they want us to hear!
        • viring queen (31/01/2012, 19:56) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT MR. FRASER SAID IN A RELATED STORY ON THIS MATTER.
  • zeeeeeeeeeeeee (31/01/2012, 09:02) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    i will be keeping my eyes on the gas pumps
  • qq (31/01/2012, 10:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    good write up vino i was wondering when someone was going to tickle this issue deman
  • fish fry (31/01/2012, 15:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    if bvi get gas from st. croix and the plant closes how the hell Henry can still say it will not affect us? it just does not make for truth
  • Anegada (31/01/2012, 20:03) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well our prices have already gone up.WELL Hell....


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