Several communities across BVI told to brace for scheduled outage
Residents in several communities and islands across the territory have been advised to brace for outages later tonight.
The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) said there will be no electricity supply from 11 pm today Wednesday, October 13 to 6 am on Thursday, October 14.
“The purpose of this outage is for the maintenance of the high voltage system,” the BVIEC stated in a public advisory on Monday.
The affected areas will be Purcell Estate, Port Purcell, Horsepath, Huntums Ghut, Fort Hill, Baugher’s Bay, Kingstown, Brandywine Bay, Paraquita Bay, Fat Hog’s Bay, East End, Greenland, Hawks Nest, the entire Ridge, Camanoe, Scrub Island, Beef Island and the entire island of Virgin Gorda.
The Electricity Corporation has apologised for any inconvenience caused.
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Why them couldn’t do this sunday during the day?
Thanks I’ll charge my solar 12v fan battery today for tonight’s power cut.
Must be changing a light bulb
This wouldn’t be necessary if the had substations with battery banks. In fact every home should now have solar and battery backup. Top of batteries at night or when power is available and then use the batteries throughout the day. Just use the grid to top off the batteries when needed. Generators can still be used to replace the grid when it is down for
Prolonged peeks of time.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but then cuts power 2 1/2 hours earlier than planned. Shocking behaviour.
Some moron who wanted to get their shift over early no doubt.