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From a friend....
We had two blackouts in Belize City last night. The earlier one lasted about twenty minutes but I was asleep by the time the next one occurred. I know it happened because I woke up and all clocks were blinking. But, who cares, we own BEL so that's okay

Those two outtages last night were country wide Faults and not the damaged switch near Belmopan, which appears to have been replaced by 6:40 or so this morning.

According to BEL's press release, the nationwide blackout was caused by a Mexican grid failure caused in turn by "inclement weather in Yucatan". BEL switched to hydro and other generators and power was restored. The second failure was (I guess) caused by switching back to the Mexican supply too soon. Apparently we have two generators under maintenence right now and water levels in the dams are low.

BEL Stabilizes Power Supply Following Nationwide Outages Caused by Weather Conditions in Mexico



Bad Weather in Mexico Leaves Belize in the Dark

Just after seven o'clock last night there was a countrywide power outage. It was a brief outage that lasted for about twenty minutes with some areas experiencing subsequent outages lasting not more than three minutes. This morning the Belize Electricity Limited sent out a release explaining the cause for last night's blackout, citing bad weather conditions in Mexico as the main reason. In the release, it reads, quote, "Comisi�n Federal de Electricidad (CFE) reported that ongoing inclement weather conditions in Yucatan, Mexico on Wednesday evening caused faults at CFE's Ticul Substation, which supplies power to Southern Yucatan and Belize's national grid. As a result, system trips occurred, causing unplanned interruptions in power supply to these areas. The entire country of Belize experienced a power interruption at 7:20 p.m. and BEL was able to restore power within 20 minutes to all areas, using its Gas Turbine and local hydro sources with support from CFE. Another CFE system trip caused a second nationwide power interruption at 8:35 p.m. Within 20 minutes, power supply was restored to all areas. To minimize any further interruptions in the event of another system trip with Mexico's CFE, power supply to the national grid from CFE was reduced and the grid was segregated until the weather-related instability dissipated. The "all clear" was given at 11:30 p.m. and the system was returned to its normal mode of operation. Low water levels at the major hydro plants and maintenance at two of the power plants in the country are presently limiting the Company's contingencies to mitigate against weather-related instabilities. Plans are in place to resolve the maintenance issues by weekend." End of quote.

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Power interruption 9:00am to 3:00pm, Thursday, October 8, Belize City: area on Central American Blvd between Fabers Rd and Caesar Ridge Rd including Trinity St, Unity St, Freedom St, Jabiru St, Mud St, Fonseca St, Rivas St, Toledo St, Curl Thompson St, Jane Usher Blvd, Heron St, Swallow St, Butterfly St, Levi Slusher St, Allan Pitts Crescent, T St, Gill St, Reggae St, Kraal Rd, Guerrero St, Ross Pen Rd, Baracat St, Fabers Rd, Sanker St, Nurse Findley Crescent & Fabers Rd Ext including Baldwin Dr, Custard Apple St, McVille Rd, Rio Grande Crescent, Madam Liz Ave, Singh St, Jimmy Dyer Ave, Neat & Clean St, Milpa Dr, Swanka Ln and Whistling Duck St. BEL to replace utility poles carrying high voltage lines on Central American Boulevard and Caesar Ridge Road.

Power interruption 8:00am to 2:00pm, Saturday October 10, Belize City: entire West Landivar, Coral Grove and Buttonwood Bay. BEL to replace utility poles carrying high voltage lines and reroute high voltage lines in Coral Grove.

Power interruption 10:30am to 12:30pm, Sunday November 1, Belize City. Central American Blvd between Belcan Bridge & Cemetery Rd, Courtney's Crescent, Sarstoon St, Nargusta St, Mopan St, Vernon St between Lakeview & Ziricote St, Ziricote Street, Mahogany St between Sarstoon St & Partridge St, Peter Seco St, Consuelo St, Morning Glory St, Larkspur Ave. BEL to facilitate pile driving for the Ministry of Works.

Power interruption 9:00am to 3:00pm, Thursday November 12, Belize District: Mile 8 to 25 on the George Price Highway including Sunset Park, Western Pines, Tropical Park, Hattieville, Freetown Sibun, Gracie Rock, Bainsville, Rockville, Jih Chan, entire Boom Hattieville Road and Belize River Valley including Fresh Pond, Burrell Boom, Castleton, Flowers Bank, Isabella Bank, Scotland Halfmoon, Bermudian Landing, Lemonal, Double Head Cabbage, Willows Bank, Saint Paul's Bank, Big Falls, & Rancho Dolores. BEL to replace utility poles carrying high voltage lines.

Power interruptions 5:00am to 6:20am & 5:40pm to 6:00pm, Sunday February 21, Cayo and Belize Districts: entire City of Belmopan, and area from Mile 31 to Mile 50 on the George Price Highway including La Democracia, Franks Eddy, Saint Matthews, Cotton Tree, Roaring Creek, Valley of Peace, Camalote, Teakettle, Arizona, Ontario, Buena Vista, Blackman Eddy, Unitedville and all that area from Belmopan to Armenia Village on the Hummingbird Highway. BEL to conduct climbing inspections of the transmission system & maintenance of equipment at La Democracia Substation.

Power interruption 6:00am to 1:00pm, Sunday, April 3.

Cayo and Belize Districts: entire City of Belmopan, and area from Mile 31 to Mile 50 on the George Price Highway including La Democracia, Mahogany Heights, Franks Eddy, Saint Matthews, Cotton Tree, Roaring Creek, Valley of Peace, Camalote, Teakettle, Arizona, Ontario, Buena Vista, Blackman Eddy, Unitedville and all that area from Belmopan to Armenia Village on the Hummingbird Highway. BEL to replace transmission structure in the area.

BEL Electrical Power outage - Sunday 6am - 7am

Much of the western highway, from Democracia to Unitedville
so all Belmopan and many side areas.

Power interruption 8:00am to 4:00pm, Sunday, Feb 19, Belize City: Vernon St, Youth for the Future Dr, Johnson St, Cemetery Rd, Curassow St, East Collet Canal, Orange St, Mosul St, Bagdad St, West Canal, Regent St West, Church St, Bishop St, Regent St, Albert St, King St, Prince St, Dean St, South St, Rectory Ln, Albert St West, Racecourse St, Mex Ave, Waight Ave, Fairweather St, Dolphin St, Euphrates Ave, Amara Ave, Basra St, Allenby St, Racoon St, Seagull St. BEL to replace riser pole on the power distribution system in the area.