Bahamas Power Evaluation
Beyond the Blackouts: Evaluating Fifty Years of Power Generation in The Bahamas and the Blueprint for Energy Modernization
Over the past half-century, The Bahamas has not done enough to maintain and upgrade its electricity power generation supply and transmission infrastructure. The nation's energy sector—historically governed by the state-owned Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) and its modern operating entity, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL)—has suffered from decades of underinvestment, reactive maintenance, heavy reliance on expensive imported fossil fuels, and political short-termism.
This legacy has left Bahamians bearing some of the highest electricity tariffs in the region while enduring frequent load shedding, high operational costs, and an aging grid ill-equipped for severe weather events or modern renewable integration.
