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July 25th, 2023
Issues with BVIEC generators blamed for recent power outages & load shedding

POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- General Manager at the BVI Electricity Corporation Dr Neil M. Smith has said one of the largest generators at the plant is being overhauled while another has been experiencing issues with its “governor” that has to be rectified by specialists from the manufacturers.

July 13th, 2023
No more emergency generators, time for better electricity in VI – Hon Fraser

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior Legislator in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has called for a more reliable supply of electricity in the VI, more so, that the need for emergency generators become necessary only for essential services.

October 7th, 2021
Alleged generator thieves arrested & charged- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has made breakthroughs in several burglaries with four arrests in break-ins around Tortola in past two weeks.

September 23rd, 2021
Spike recorded in thefts of generators & yard tools

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force is recording an uptick in thefts of generators and tools left around private properties and roadsides unattended.

February 20th, 2018
Make generators part of hurricane emergency kits- Claude O. Skelton Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While, according to the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC), the restoration of electricity in the Territory is more than 90% complete, and many may no longer see the need for a generator, persons are being advised to make generators an essential part of their hurricane emergency kit.

February 6th, 2018
10 generators handed over to First District Rep by US based relief organisation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has announced that 80% of the Virgin Islands population is receiving electricity from the national grid, there are many persons who are still without power five months since the passage of Hurricane Irma.

November 29th, 2017
Paid Ad: ‘We Thank You!’- Brewer’s Bay businesses

You will recall that two Category 5 hurricanes struck the Virgin Islands in the month of September 2017, taking off almost all galvanised roofs from houses and businesses and knocking out electricity to the entire Territory.

November 10th, 2017
‘Several instances’ of generators feeding back into power lines- Henry O. Creque

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the influx of generators to the Virgin Islands (UK) after Hurricane Irma destroyed power lines, transformers and poles, leaving the territory without electricity on September 6, 2017, there has always been the concern of safety, especially the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and incorrectly connecting generators to homes and causing the power to feed back into the lines of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC).

November 1st, 2017
7 hospitalised in STT for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- — With thousands of generators now buzzing daily across the US Virgin Islands (USVI), which is still mostly without electricity, the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning has grown urgent, with [US] Virgin Islands (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards revealing on Monday October 30, 2017 that 7 persons were hospitalised after inhaling the colourless gas.

October 24th, 2017
Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited donates 50 generators in support of VI community

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited today, October 24, 2017, announced that it is providing the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Government with 50 Generators to be distributed in the territory

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