Over the past few weeks, there have been a couple "blackouts" and electricity shortages. Now, BEL issued a press release stating that unprecedented hot and humid weather interspersed with isolated lightning and thunderstorms have been causing high levels of electricity usage overall. This then leads to supply disruptions in certain parts of the system.
And BEL also stated that the Blair Athol Power Company Limited has announced their power plant will be unavailable for an extended period of time to carry out urgent maintenance on their generating units. This means that if supply is lost from CFE in Mexico or Fortis Belize's hydro plants, BEL will not be able to meet the demand for electricity in all service areas.
We'll have more on this tomorrow when BEL has a press briefing.
