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Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development, gave a ministerial statement on the new National Electricity Sector Policy that he presented to the House of Assembly this morning. Calling it a “key step” in changing how Bermuda sources and use...

Despite a new fuel charge introduced in the latest Budget, electricity rates will not rise, according to Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons. Dr Gibbons cited the recent drop in oil price, which reduced the electricity cost to Belco customers...

The Department of Energy has invited public input into the formulation of a new Electricity Policy, by hosting a “community conversation” tomorrow from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the Goodwin C. Smith Heritage Worship Centre on 59 Dundonald Street, Hamilton....

Stormy weather downed power lines and sparked a power outage affecting more than a thousand homes in the West End as almost an inch-and-a-half of rain fell in around six hours yesterday. Around 1,300 Belco customers in Warwick and Southampton lost po...

Government is seeking planning permission to partially demolish a building at the Tynes Bay Waste to Energy facility to make room for an improved turbine which will generate more electricity. According to an application received by the Planning Depar...

Few people intend to make efforts to conserve electricity despite increasing energy costs. The Royal Gazette took to the streets of Hamilton to ask people what they thought of growing energy bills after it was revealed the cost of electricity rose b...

Power has been restored to Belco customers after thousands lost electricity due to a systems failure earlier today. Customers are now being asked to conserve power for the next 24 hours as the compay works to restore generating capacity. Three thous...

A proposal by Belco to raise electricity rates was slashed by the Energy Commission. The company had asked for base residential rates to be increased by 3.5 percent every year until 2014 the Commission approved an increase only for usage over 700 kWh...

Seniors will have the opportunity to lower their energy bill through a programme with Bermuda Gas. The appliance company is offering members of Age Concern a tankless water heater that is powered by propane. According to Bermuda Gas, tankless water h...

In 1910 Thomas Edison, the founder of the commercial electricity industry, was quoted as saying, “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” To...

Poverty campaigner Sheelagh Cooper yesterday said other companies should heed the example of Belco for freezing its electricity rates because of the economic crisis. Belco announced on Friday it is applying to the Energy Commission to defer a 1.5 per...