'Money, manpower & materials will say when power is restored'- Leroy A. E. Abraham
In an exclusive interview with General Manager of BVIEC, Leroy A. E. Abraham, he said he is not able to tell when full power will be restored because their are many factors that come into play that can affect the process.
"I cannot say when power will be restored. There are three variables that will determine when, which is money, man power and materials to reconstruct the entire grid and all three of them are changing," explained Mr Abraham.
He further told our newsroom that his department ordered materials but due to the fact that other Caribbean Islands and the US was impacted by Hurricanes, there will be a delay in receiving the materials.
Mr Abraham said, "A lot of us are struggling for the exact same resources. So, the when is a difficult thing to answer with all of those variables or give a definitive time frame."
"Underground network an expensive undertaking"
Meanwhile, the BVIEC General Manager, responding to whether or not the territory should strictly run its power underground, stated that "everything has its pros and cons."
According to Mr Abraham, "Some of the grid network is underground. The cables were underground but the switch gears were above ground," while noting that those sustained damages due to the severity of the hurricane.
The General Manager admitted that "it is very expensive to put the network underground" rather than above ground, adding that it would take a longer time to restore power if everything was underground.
He disclosed to our news reporter that the Wickham's Cay area has its grid network underground and it took a while before his department could get that area up and running, adding that the switch gears and cables were damaged.
"At the end of the day that's just how the system is designed. Some things you can plan for in terms of the resiliency of the system," expressed Mr Leroy A. E. Abraham.
Power restored in some areas
According to Mr Abraham, areas that power has been restored includes: Wickham's Cay 1, portion of Main Street; portion of Long Bush and Sugar Mill Road; portion of Lower Estate; portion of Pasea and Johnson Ghut; Wickham's Cay 2; portion of Port Purcell; Baugher's Bay; Gene Hill; Fish Bay; Kingstown; portion of Greenland; portion of Little Dix Hill; Pockwood Pond; portion of Hannah's and Sea Cows Bay; portion of East End and portion of Beef Island.
Upcoming in the next week and a half are: Frenchman's Cay, West End, Belmont Park, Freshwater Pond, Towers, Fort Recovery and Coxheath.
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15 Responses to “'Money, manpower & materials will say when power is restored'- Leroy A. E. Abraham”
Once his family have electricity he will talk sh*t.
If I am wrong, please correct me. Thanks
Abraham just need to get the damxxn job done.. Done with these excuses. Gosh.. Give us power..Then talk about bills and money..