Pintard: under davis a dministration BPL has not Progressed

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrrolle@tribunemedia.net

FREE National Movement Leader

Michael Pintard said the Davis administration has not built on the progress its predecessor made toward repairing generation woes at Bahamas Power & Light. His comment came after Works and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears warned there could be more load shedding this summer. Mr Sears said that while New Providence’s generation demand has never exceeded 263MW, peak summer load may exceed 270MW –– more than BPL can handle.

“When the Davis administration came to office, remember the summer of 2021, there wasn’t load shedding that was going on by BPL due to a lack of generation, and the reason was when they came to power, they met approximately

326MW of available generation, and that was a combination of the new station A that was built and then, of course, you had the additional complement of 270MW,” Mr Pintard said.

“So again, there was not a generation problem which directly rebuts the comments being made by Minister Sears. You would also recall in addition to the generation capacity that BPL itself had, you had an additional 56MW of rental generation, which was a combination of Sun Oil, I think it was roughly around 16MW, and then, of course, the Aggreko generators were 40MW.”

“This is what he met in place that he’s unable to dispute despite all the red herrings that he and the prime minister has raised.”

The FNM leader also highlighted several strategies the Minnis administration intended to follow, including transitioning from heavy fuel to cleaner fuel.

gLover- roLL e says Promotions

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrrolle@tribunemedia.net

AFTER a protest involving public service workers demanding promotion, State Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said promotions for financial officers should be completed within three weeks.

Disgruntled officers protested for a second time in a month, calling for salary increases and promotions.

They were led by Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) President Kimsley Ferguson, who said last month that more than 100 employees are waiting for promotions. “They’re not begging for anything; they’re asking for what they rightfully deserve,” he said.

Mrs Glover-Rolle