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August Tuesday: Residents wake up to no power!

August 8th, 2023 | Tags: BVIEC electricity Energy Power Outage
As the Virgin Islands enters its second holiday of emancipation celebrations known as ‘August Tuesday’ residents today, August 8, 2023, woke up to no electricity. Photo: Internet Source
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the Virgin Islands (VI) celebrates the emancipation season on the August Tuesday holiday, residents today, August 8, 2023, woke up to no electricity.

Sources told our news center that almost the entire VI is being affected, including the main island of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, and Jost van Dyke left without power, with the exception of Anegada which is on its own electricity grid.

The BVIEC in an update shared on Facebook this morning said, “The BVI Electricity Corporation would like to notify its customers that due to a loss of generating capacity, which occurred at approximately 6 AM this morning August 8th, 2023, a number of areas are currently without power.”

Officials later told the media in an update that after further investigations, they found that a failure on one of the bus sections caused the BVIEC to lose a significant amount of generating capacity and at 07:20 the residual effects of this issue caused a total system failure.

Officials at the BVIEC further promised to provide more updates as additional information becomes available.

Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) will bring more information as it becomes available.

27 Responses to “August Tuesday: Residents wake up to no power!”

  • good (08/08/2023, 08:32) Like (8) Dislike (51) Reply
    So why this is news?? Stripes. People complain to much.
    • Bad News. Bad intent.. (08/08/2023, 09:38) Like (11) Dislike (2) Reply
      So how come with all the activity in and around festival that require a high demand in supply it didn't shut down, or august monday. Now supply much lower in demand they come with this nonsense. Since 2007 this have been their pattern when all the allegation and suspicion were raise of shutting off the power to force us and the Govt to support them to buy new generators, the allegation been around since 2007-08 that they are big cut backs from buying new generators, Inflated invoices, personal percentage discount..Did someone get fired or prosecuted? Not sure..This was the same before before they bought new generators only to find out, the old ones we had were working better than the new ones..That was one of the main reasons VIP lost the election in 2011 too many power outages and scandals.
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    • ? (08/08/2023, 10:05) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
      Are you a government blogger?
    • @good (08/08/2023, 11:48) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
      Check in with reality. This has been a reoccurring matter for way to long now and something needs to be done. Hell yes it’s news! We are fed up.
  • Ho (08/08/2023, 08:41) Like (36) Dislike (3) Reply
    This news because the Island is a mess.
  • pat (08/08/2023, 08:42) Like (8) Dislike (31) Reply
    We still voting for vip next election
  • Einstein (08/08/2023, 09:01) Like (25) Dislike (0) Reply
    We are not a third world country! We are a developing country, developing into a third world country! Hon Fraser right, everyone needs a backup generator!
  • vex (08/08/2023, 09:17) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    It came on and went off now if they mass up my equipment who will pay?
  • 2023 (08/08/2023, 09:18) Like (24) Dislike (0) Reply
    the price paid for the fun. might be better to fix the infrastructural problems first then dance & drink……all of us out of power but not all of run out dancing
  • Education (08/08/2023, 10:10) Like (20) Dislike (5) Reply
    And ayo primier up and down keeping big FREE party causing us tax payers $250.000 that same money could've help fix whatever causing this block out every single minutes ,this government this same government got this country where it is rite now and there is alot more to come
    • @ Education (08/08/2023, 13:40) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
      at least we got a direct flighs under Nat but for over $7.2 M what did we get from NDP? no plane, no flights and all the money went out of the BVI.

      I will stick with VIP any day and the $250 at least I was able to get home directly BAM
  • Strupes (08/08/2023, 10:25) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    NO POWER AND NO WATER IN HANNA'S KMT... and i have a 3 month old baby home by me
    • @ Strupes (08/08/2023, 13:41) Like (1) Dislike (8) Reply
      you live close to nanny cay so go to the beach and get water from there.
  • Correction... (08/08/2023, 10:28) Like (25) Dislike (0) Reply
    "Residents wake up to no power!"?...more like "Residents wake up because of no power!"
  • Hmm (08/08/2023, 12:56) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    imagine the place so hot day and night and then the light go jeeess.
  • C Breezy (08/08/2023, 13:26) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    All of them Jouvert jump up big trucks have plenty of electricity flowing. Tap in bvi , tap in.

  • HE LESS (08/08/2023, 14:22) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    ALL AH KYE MINISTRIES ARE IN SHAMBLES
    • @He Less (08/08/2023, 15:55) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
      It doesn’t matter if his ministries are in shambles. His lifetime pension is almost will be secured within the next few months while we continue to struggle with the effects of having ineffective leaders. What a shame.
  • Vi vibes (08/08/2023, 14:57) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    No water up the hill at Greenland pass 3 weeks it comes on 1 night per week between 10 pm to 11.30 pm
  • vi (08/08/2023, 15:06) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    When power goes or come this not political
    • @ vi (08/08/2023, 20:55) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      13 people were voted into public office is to make this territory runs in good order
  • RTT (08/08/2023, 15:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ty
  • resident (08/08/2023, 21:22) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    and it went again this evening at 8:35 pm, I am so sick of this b.s, we are a fifth world country
  • dots (13/08/2023, 09:03) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    These outages seem to be happening every week now and for all the money we spent a few years ago on those roll royce engines, please do better job BVIEC!!!


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