North Andro News Today

President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association Robert “Sandy” Sands told members of the media yesterday that unreliable power generation, and in many instances a lack of standby power generation, is hurting the tourism product in the Family Islands. Sands said the issue is not the same for many large hotel properties on New

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) said yesterday it has sent units to North Andros in an effort to restore power after a fire destroyed the power station at Nicholls Town early Wednesday, but no restoration has yet taken place. “Already, [a] 1.5 MW (megawatt) unit and two new 1 MW and 500 kW (kilowatt) units