Power was restored to most areas of Central Andros around 10:00pm on Sunday after the power plant in Fresh Creek was damaged by fire earlier that day.

Minister of Transport and Energy, the Hon. Jobeth Coleby-Davis led a delegation to Andros on Monday to assess the damage. She was accompanied by Bahamas Power and Light Chief Executive Officer, Toni Seymour who informed that the power outage was caused by a damaged transformer bay.

She said, “however the team worked all day yesterday to restore power up as far as Cargill Creek. Residents of Bering Point did sleep off last night but the team is on the ground again this morning working to improve the voltage because we’re supplying the entire island now from the Nicholls Town power station.”

According to be Minister Coleby-Davis BPL sourced rental generation units as a result of the fire that were scheduled to arrive on site by Tuesday. She said, “that will assist us in continuing to provide the power, the demand that is from the island but also to ensure we give that reliability that our consumers deserve and need.”

Member of Parliament for Mangrove Cay and South Andros, the Hon. Leon Lundy was on hand for the damage assessment. He shared his gratitude for the restoration of power in a timely manner.