26/02/2010 09:00:00 12:00:00 Feeder : 2 Zone : 2
Affected Areas : Feeder: 2; Zone: 2; All of Pescador Drive, Almond Street, Coconut Drive, Boca del Rio Drive, DFC Sub Division, Elliot Sub Division, Lagoon Street, Tropical Wave Street and surrounding areas.

Good afternoon, I know it's short but I just needed to inform you all that there will be an outage tomorrow March 12, 2010 starting @ 5:00am to 8:30am all area of Boca Del Rio to Tranquility Resort. We will try to run standby to hold from BTL to Boca Del Rio Bridge so power will only go off temporarily for that area.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be interrupted from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

Areas to be affected: All that area including Angel Coral Street, Coconut Drive, Sea Grape Drive, San Marcos Area, DFC Area, Escalante Subdivision, Holiday Lands and Boca Ciega Area.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to carry out maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

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Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be interrupted from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

Areas to be affected: All of Barrier Reef Drive, Angel Coral Drive, San Marcos Area, DFC Area and a portion of Sea Grape Drive.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to carry out maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

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Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be interrupted from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

Areas to be affected: All that area from Laguna Drive to Boca del Rio including North San Pedro and Pescador Drive.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to carry out maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

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For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273.

This notice is for public information purposes only. For more information, contact Belize Electricity Limited, Corporate Communications Department at 227-0954, extension 2502.

Never know what area I live in, and neither BEL nor the Town Council have been able to tell me. Anyone know what area Pedro's is in?

Are you not Sea Grape Drive?

No, but actually that probably is the district. My road (Seastar Street) is between Seagrape (that's the one your place is on, right?) and Coconut Drive.

That is right

super-duper! there will be no power the entire day of my arrival. but if we're realllly lucky, we may get some cheese or water tho.

we say, oh well, ya gotta love it - its not our first power outage nor water shortage there. good thing we're not newbies and just roll with whatever belize brings us (or doesn't, in this case). but can you imagine how this must look to first time visitors?

Sweetjane - I don't see anyplace that is out for a whole day - or is it too early for my tired eyes to read?

Advice to all who can afford it - buy a generator (especially resorts) for a host or reasons. It's something that people everywhere need to think about (east coast US/ice storms are a example of life threatening conditions due to lack of power). As we depend more and more on technology, we are more and more vulnerable (and disabled and unhappy) when that technology flutters for even an hour.

It's not just about BEL, it's not just the Mexican grid, it's not just hurricanes ------ it's about being prepared for life's curve balls - of which there seem to be more not less over time.

poetic license? no? sorry, ok, downright exaggerating due to giddiness of impending arrival...its not all day only 4 hours. i get up predawn, so 8-noon in my world IS all day! and continuing in my facetious vein, (or not) when they say its over at noon, is it really over by noon?

it does so often seem things are counterproductive to the population, leaving it to the individual to cover himself for, well, everything. obviously, up here, without power for 4 hours, business would come to a halt. someone else once said to me that moving to belize sure did teach her patience.

BEL is a peace of crab. How can you plan you daily life when they just postpone the power outage to Thursday and Friday without any notice.

Why is it so hart to maintain this simple power grid stable?
With all the generators BEL has in San Pedro we should not have any outages at all and the planned outage should be on a minimum level.

Am i wrong?

Has it been postponed? Is there a new schedule? I do know the power here was supposed to go off 35 minutes ago and hasn't.

Called BEL 11:15 because I have some work to, and was planning it...

They do what they want, my next house will have plenty of solar panels on the roof. With this high power prices you can have a ROI in 5 to 7 years.

IMHO (for those who can't re-jig for solar or whatever)....... get a generator.......
Our neighbors have a little one that is the size of a carry-on suitcase. It's portable. It keeps the beer cold and/or the computer up and running (whichever you prefer - or maybe both) when needed.

Notice: Change in power outage schedule

Scheduled Outages for San Pedro:
* Thursday, April 22nd - from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. Areas to be affected: All that area including Angel Coral Street, Coconut Drive, Sea Grape Drive, San Marcos Area, DFC Area, Escalante Subdivision, Holiday Lands and Boca Ciega Area.
* From 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Areas to be affected: All of Barrier Reef Drive, Angel Coral Drive, San Marcos Area, DFC Area and a portion of Sea Grape Drive.
* Friday, April 23rd - from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. Areas to be affected: All that area from Laguna Drive to Boca del Rio including North San Pedro and Pescador Drive.

BEL apologizes for any inconvenience caused by these outages and assures customers that the Company continues to work diligently at minimizing interruptions. These outages are necessary for the company to carry out maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

Power is still on. It would be nice if they could stick to a schedule.

No kidding! This is more frustrating than an un-planned outage!

I saw the utility crew working on the power lines by Escalante this morning. Maybe it was a new problem so they had to deal with that before the planned outage..... who knows.

Must be off in town I've got no TV!!!!

I heard that town is out, but here at our office it didn't even flicker....

BEL has a agenda for the planned power outages, a hidden agenda, but they lost it, because there computer went out of power.

Its great here, the whole year around we have comedy, even without TV.

My power was supposed to go off at 11am for one hour. It actually went off at 12:30pm for at least 1 1/2 hours. How can anyone plan for this?

Even the power failures are a failure ;-)

Perhaps future outages could be scheduled for the middle of the night to minimize disruption.

...just a thought.

But they'd get all tangled up with the unscheduled ones...

Reminder.... Power Outage for Friday 23 April 2010 from 8:00am - 12noon will affect from Harmouch Center to Tranquility Resort (last Resor North)

Based upon that I should be showered up (I'm on a well) and ready for work by 6am just to be sure...

Anyone know what was behind the outage this afternoon? We were out here from 1pm till almost 2:30. No announcement or warning.

Its a Conspiracy!!!!

ooooohhhh. Whatever it is- I got the afternoon off today!

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be interrupted from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Areas to be affected: All of Pescador Drive, Elliot Sub Division and the San Pedrito Area. BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to carry out maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

Power Outage for Entire of San Pedro Sept. 26 6am til noon

Location: SAN PEDRO

Start Date: Sunday, Sept 26, 2010
Start Time: 06:00:00

Estimated End Date: Sunday, Sept 26, 2010
Estimated End Time: 12:00:00

Job Description - To facilitate maintenance work at the San Pedro Substation and on the 32L Transmission Line.

yeah right I believe that schedule - guess we won't be seeing any football tomorrow.

It's not this Sunday---next week the 26th.

OH GOODIE - What a Belizean 'Welcome Home' That will be for me.
I'm arriving - finally - on Saturday.

cancelled due to weather

Power Outage Details

San Pedro, SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 6AM THROUGH NOON
Affected Areas : All of San Pedro Town.
Purpose of Outage: To facilitate maintenance work at the San Pedro and Maskall Substations.

Power Outage Dec. 5

Location: All of San Pedro Town.
Start Date: 05/12/2010
Start Time: 06:00:00
Estimated End Time: 13:00:00

Purpose of Outage: To facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 22, 2010.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca Del Rio.

Planned Power Outage - San Pedro Town - Thursday December 30, 2010

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 30, 2010.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca Del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

OUTTAGE POSTPONED !!!!!


Please note that the above power outage has been postponed to a later date.

BEL Corporate Communications

No one has showed up for work yet after the holidays....

A small army of linemen and linewomen have been working in the back for a month. They have even built temporary housing for the crew. Great big strong looking new poles, and a perk of improving the road bed with their heavy equipment as they move along.

Is the temporary housing in that BIG abandoned palapa house behind Coco beach and BS ?

DC

Nope, thats the conference center that the Central American dignitaries met in last week.

Ollie

DC - the linemen are encamped in a Mennonite house right on the beach just north of Journey's End. It went up in about 24 hours - an amazing feat really.

OK. Just figured since I was up that was recently,and I heard them pounding away on it, fixing it up, it might be it.

DC

Diane,
I have only seen it on TV...it's an amazing feat. Wish I could have seen it in person.

DC

It did impress me, the house was put up using telephone poles with the tools and skill of the guys that install them . It has a unique look but could make a cute guest/beach house.
Its designed to come apart and move just as quickly.

Elbert, post a pic so we can see too.

In the morning , its dark now. I'm on post for the night divers.

Planned Power Outage - San Pedro Town - Thursday, January 6, 2011

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca Del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: http://www.bel.com.bz/services_outages.asp

ten minutes to go...

Thursday, January 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m..

Udate from BEL:

Long lunch?

Only 2 came back from lunch!

How are we supposed to get the email message about the delay with no power?

Ask your friends with solar to let you know.

Never get enough of a good thing....

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is nece ssary for the company to facilitate system improvement works in the area.

For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: http://www.bel.com.bz/services_outages.asp

Reminder - Power outage Friday 14 January. see just above for details

Planned Power Outage - San Pedro Town - Thursday, February 10, 2011

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca Del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: http://www.bel.com.bz/services_outages.asp

thanks for the heads up, Marty.

Planned Power Outage - San Pedro Town - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All of Pescador Drive, Coconut Drive, Almond Street, Elliott Subdivision, San Marcos, San Pedrito, DFC Subdivision and San Pablo Area.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate maintenance works on the distribution system in the area.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All of Pescador Drive, Coconut Drive, Almond Street, Elliott Subdivision, San Marcos, San Pedrito, DFC Subdivision and San Pablo Area.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: http://www.bel.com.bz/services_outages.asp

This notice is for public information purposes only. For more information, contact Belize Electricity Limited, Corporate Communications Department at 227-0954, extension 2502.

Gas up the generators !

feed the gerbils

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All of Pescador Drive, Coconut Drive, Almond Street, Elliott Subdivision, San Marcos, San Pedrito, DFC Subdivision and San Pablo Area.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

Kindly note that this outage has been postponed to Tuesday, March 22, 2011. All of Pescador Drive, Coconut Drive, Almond Street, Elliott Subdivision, San Marcos, San Pedrito, DFC Subdivision and San Pablo Area will be affected from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

This outage has been postponed to a later date.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2011.

Areas to be affected: All that area North of Boca del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to facilitate system improvement works on the distribution system in the area.

For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: http://www.bel.com.bz/services_outages.asp

Emergency Power Outage - San Pedro Town - Sunday, May 15, 2011

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2011 as the Company conducts emergency repairs on equipment at the San Pedro Substation.

This 8-hour power outage will affect all of San Pedro Town.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

BEL Notice to Customers: Intermittent Power Outages

Belize Electricity Limited advises that there have been several intermittent power outages, especially affecting customers living in rural areas prone to bush fires over the past four weeks.

These unplanned power outages have been primarily caused by burnt utility poles due to wildfires and the accumulation of high soot and dust contamination of equipment. When the soot and dust become dampened by light rain or dew, it results in short interruptions.

Customers are advised that, with the onset of the rainy season, isolated areas especially in the islands and near the coast may also experience short interruptions due to similar issues with salt and dust contamination.

BEL thanks the many customers who have been reporting on fires that have been affecting the power lines. Customers can call 0-800-BEL-CARE or 0-800-235-2273 to report a problem, or to get updated information on problems in their area.

Information on power outages is also available online at www.bel.com.bz and via our toll free line.

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Planned Power Outage - San Pedro - Friday, July 1, 2011

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, 2011.

This 4-hour power outage will affect all of San Pedro Town.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused, but this outage is necessary to facilitate maintenance works at the San Pedro Substation.

Planned Power Outage - San Pedro - Friday, July 1, 2011

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, 2011.

This 4-hour power outage will affect all of San Pedro Town.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused, but this outage is necessary to facilitate maintenance works at the San Pedro Substation.

BEL should begin to schedule these things on non-business days and perhaps very early in the AM so that the inconvenience is minimized.

I suggest that an outage from 5 am - 9 am on a Sunday would probably be the least problematic for all.

Diane I agree wholeheartedly....It would make much more sense in the time-line you suggest here.

Don't forget that for many people on the island that Sunday is a work day as well and we have to get up and get ready for work. No day is really a good day and no time is really a good time when you live in a tourist destination.

Hi Simon, agree that there is no perfect day, but I think a Sunday outage would affect fewer people, and that earlier is better -

Simon, yes I understand particularly in the hospitality business it is the day for a lot of 'turns'.....I was just thinking if we had to pick a day that made sense in my humble head...

The middle of the night on any night would suit me--say 1 to 4 am?

Certainly agree that Friday morning is the worst time they could pick. I understand if it is a true emergency then it cannot be helped, but an emergency that they can give three days notice of??!!

Went off at 7:00 am (just after), came back on at 8:45.

Making things from bamboo and coconut is charming and romantic unless your the electric company!

at least today was a quick one!

For White Sands Dive Shop, like a lot of the businesses on the island, the time between 7:am and 9:am is prime time for booking and sending out tours, communication between the hotels and tour operators to book and pick up guests is at its peak.
Today hurt us bad.

But for many that is the time that they sleep and it is difficult if not impossible to sleep in the middle of summer without a fan. So if the fan goes out there goes the sleep. Certainly a power outage during daylight hours is preferable - and of course we all have times of the day that it would be most inconvenient or convenient. The power company seems to be diligent in getting notices out to warn people ahead of time and that is probably about the best they can do.

The reason the power is cut off is because the power company is maintaining existing equipment or installing new equipment - so come on people - if power is vital to your survival get a generator.

By the way, the phone company doesn't use the BEL grid to transmit calls so you should not have lost communication between the tour shops and hotels.

Amanda.. I think he is referring to land lines that use portable phones, which many of us have. Portable phones will not work during a power outage, however cell phones work fine, and probably regular land lines without portable phones.

But if you plug a regular handset into the phone jack you will have a signal. I always keep one on hand to plug in during power cuts.

Fortis the parent owner of the power company BEL has been excellent.They have provided us with terrific service and have not cut any corners.They have been able to keep up with the growth as well as the maintenance.Those transformers need to be maintained,and it cant be done while they are charged.Living in the Caribbean,I have experienced the good,bad and ugly;they are very good.Some of these substations can cost millions of bucks,maintenance is EVERYTHING. Bravo

THIS MORNING!!!


Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.

Areas to be affected: DFC Subdivision, Elliot Subdivision, San Pedrito and San Marcos.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the Company to energize high voltage lines and install new infrastructure.

For customer inquiries and information on power outages call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: www.bel.com.bz.

This notice is for public information purposes only. For more information, contact Belize Electricity Limited, Corporate Communications Department at 227-0954, extension 2502.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 22, 2011.

Areas to be affected: Coconut Drive, Angel Coral Street, Sea Grape Street and the entire area North of Boca del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the Company to replace poles, insulators and hardware; facilitate development projects, eliminate encroachments on the transmission line; to perform system improvement and reconstruct a portion of the distribution line.

For customer inquiries and information on power outages call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: www.bel.com.bz.

Kindly be advised that this planned power outage has been postponed until further notice.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2011.

Areas to be affected: the Northern portion of San Pedro Town which includes the entire area North of Boca del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the Company to perform system improvement works and reconstruct a portion of the distribution line.

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that
the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted from 8:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 13, 2011.

Areas to be affected: the portion of San Pedro which includes Coconut
Drive, Angel Coral Street, Sea Grape Street, Pescador Drive, San Telmo
Area, Manta Ray Street & Mosquito Street and the entire area North of
Boca del Rio.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary
for the Company to install and commission new equipment, conduct general
maintenance and replace infrastructure on the transmission and
distribution system on the island.

Two weekends in a row for those of us north of the bridge?

Sigh...

Question: I don't know any of the official street names -- does this power outage include Front Street?

Ben, get hold of a copy of the visitor guide from SPSun, it has a map with all the roads in it. If you're passing, pop in to us, we have a spare.

Check out this map for details...
map of san pedro

Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) advises affected customers in San Pedro Town that a scheduled power outage, currently underway is being extended to 4:00 p.m. today due to technical difficulties being experienced by crews working on an underground system on the island and on the submarine cable between the Maskall and San Pedro Substations.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused by this extended scheduled power outage and assures customers that the Company is working diligently to restore power supply to affected areas in San Pedro Town by 4:00 p.m. today.

By 4:00 p.m. in the entire area North of Boca del Rio and
... ...
By 6:00 p.m. in the area which includes Coconut Drive, Angel Coral Street, Sea Grape Street, Pescador Drive, San Telmo Area, Manta Ray Street and Mosquito Street.

Is the whole sunday water outage related to the power outage, because BWS does not have a generator, or is this another case?

I saw BEL had busted a main water line at the corner by Pinnochio's at about noon. Since then no water.

Almost 7. Lights blipped for a quick second.

The water production facility includes a large diesel generator sized to produce water without any power from BEL. They are able to maintain water supply continuously through any BEL shutdowns.

...until a 12 foot auger bit gently makes its way through a main water line!!

Here are the updates from today:

Sunday, 13 November 2011 1:48 PM
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) advises affected customers in San Pedro Town that a scheduled power outage, currently underway is being extended to 4:00 p.m. today due to technical difficulties being experienced by crews working on an underground system on the island and on the submarine cable between the Maskall and San Pedro Substations.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused by this extended scheduled power outage and assures customers that the Company is working diligently to restore power supply to affected areas in San Pedro Town by 4:00 p.m. today.

Sunday, 13 November 2011 3:05 PM
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) advises customers in San Pedro Town who are currently experiencing an extended scheduled power outage that power supply is expected to be restored as follows:
· By 4:00 p.m. in the entire area North of Boca del Rio and
· By 6:00 p.m. in the area which includes Coconut Drive, Angel Coral Street, Sea Grape Street, Pescador Drive, San Telmo Area, Manta Ray Street and Mosquito Street.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this scheduled power outage has been extended due technical difficulties being experienced by crews working on an underground system on the island and on the submarine cable between the Maskall and San Pedro Substations.

Sunday, 13 November 2011 7:59 PM
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) apologizes to customers in San Pedro Town who are currently experiencing an extended power outage. The Company is working to identify the cause of technical problems being experienced with the supply of power to the island.

Affected areas include the Northern portion of the island from Journey’s End onwards; Barrier Reef Drive, Coconut Drive, Angel Coral Street, Sea Grape Street, Pescador Drive, San Telmo Area, Manta Ray Street and Mosquito Street.

BEL recognizes the inconvenience this power outage is causing and assures customers that line crews are currently in the field working to rectify the problem as soon as possible.

It is important to know for visitors that most of the established resorts on the island have generator backup, so the inconvenience for guests is minimal.

@short,

BEL forgot to mention that they destroyed the main waterline, at the corner by Pinnochio's. BWS confirmed this to me on the phone and it took them till 9pm to get the water back.

As of the 6:30 am LOVE FM interview with BEL officials - the BEL men worked until 3 am today to try to locate the cause of the problem. They did not find it. They went back to work at dawn today and as of 6:30 am had not yet found the cause.

The parts of San Pedro that were shut down and then powered back up --- Tres Cocos etc - they all have power from the town's back-up emergency generators, not from the grid.

I wish the rest of us could get power from the emergency generators. or even water would be nice at this point.

Its like the Good Old Days up here, kerosene lanterns, candles,
Buckets of water from the well.
I need to make a note to buy a manual coffee bean grinder!

Last night I went out to look at the coast line (south of town) and it reminded me of the old days - 30 years ago. A few lights here and there, lots of dark stretches. Pretty cool memories - then the moon rising over the reef. Just lovely.

I am quite surprised at the number of places - rental houses & condos that don't have emergency power systems.

14 November 2011 09:14
Update:
BEL crews working in San Pedro Town have narrowed down the area of concern that is causing an extended power outage in a portion of the island. The Company is making all efforts to restore power supply to the affected areas of the island by 1:00 p.m. today. Updates will be provided as soon as possible.

Consolidated water has plenty of water stored up but BWS is having problems with their back up power supply and can't get the pumps started. Or so I'm told by a reliable source.

BEL Investigates Cause of Extended Loss of Power Supply to Portions of San Pedro Town

Yesterday, November 13, Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) commenced works in San Pedro Town during a planned power outage scheduled for 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to install and commission new equipment, conduct general maintenance and replace infrastructure on the transmission and distribution system on the island.

This planned power outage was slated to affect the portion of San Pedro Town which includes Coconut Drive, Angel Coral Street, Sea Grape Street, Pescador Drive, San Telmo Area, Manta Ray Street, Mosquito Street and the entire area North of Boca del Rio.

During the course of these works, technical problems were experienced by crews working on an underground system on the island and on the submarine cable between the Maskall and San Pedro Substations. This prevented restoration of power supply to the affected areas at 2:00 p.m., as scheduled.

BEL line crews continued work to rectify the problems, however, there were several failed attempts to reconnect these areas to the main line which links San Pedro to the mainland via a submarine cable. Since the remainder of the island was being supplied by BEL's diesel generators, the increase in load later in the evening placed a strain on the generation requirements. This limited generation capacity required that another area be taken off the generation supply, which resulted in a power outage to an additional area – Barrier Reef Drive. That area was eventually restored with power after approximately 2 and half hours.

BEL crews continued to work into the night with the aim of identifying the cause of the technical problems which are preventing restoration of power supply to the remainder of the island. Crews were forced to suspend works at 3:00 a.m. this morning and have since returned to the field to continue their investigation.

Areas currently affected are Journey's End onwards North and between BEL's substation and Island Cottage Resort.

BEL apologizes to customers in San Pedro Town for this extended power outage and the great inconvenience it has caused. The Company will continue to work to restore power supply to the affected areas in San Pedro Town and will provide another update as soon as possible.

And a mainline is being worked on too.

Well, let's hope that all this work on infrastructure now means that in high season the utility companies will be all fixed up and running smoothly.

Strange though, to wait for the first really busy week of the season to do this. I guess not THAT strange.

Back on now. No water yet.

I love doing business in this town!
Electricity goes out about three times a week , internet is on and off about the same, phones go out, fax doesn't work, credit card machine is down.
Its never boring.

Stick around Elbert..you'll get used to it....