Education
School Closure on Anegada as Power Outage Disrupts Island
The BVIEC had initially anticipated that the issue could be resolved within three hours but later described the situation as more severe than expected. “The BVI Electricity Corporation wishes to inform our customers on Anegada that the power station is experiencing a major malfunction on one of our generating sets. This malfunction will continue to affect our customers on the entire island,” the corporation said in a statement.
Residents were updated this morning with news that there would be no immediate resolution to the problem. “There is no immediate relief to the repairs. We have a team that will travel up to Anegada today, but as it stands, it’s likely that we will face power losses for most of the morning,” the BVIEC announced.
Without electricity, which also means no water supply, local authorities made the decision to suspend classes at the Claudia Creque Educational Center for the day, leaving parents scrambling to make alternative plans. As efforts to restore power continue, Anegada remains in a state of uncertainty.