...that's the advice coming out of Belize Electricity Limited. The company today issued a statement in which it says that it has been forced to implement countrywide power outages. Presently BEL is only able to meet 90% of the country's electricity demands. That's the result of acts of sabotage which have used up hydroelectric resources and caused a failure in the gas turbine at mile 9 on the Western Highway. Presently, because of the ongoing drought, the river level at the Mollejon Hydroelectric Plant is extremely low and that plant can only be used at peak hours.
So, until the situation improves, for the time being the public is advised that over the next few days you can expect unannounced emergency power outages of undetermined duration.
