Abrupt power outages that lasts for hours and hours, damaged electronic goods and appliances due to constant power surges and irate local folk that perhaps would not prefer to bear the blazing heat during the hot summer nights; these are all adverse effects imposed on innocent electricity consumers due to apparent deficiencies and inefficiencies at the publicly owned power utility in The Bahamas. Energy privatization has been part and parcel of a recent world trend …showed first 75 words of 2565 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2565 total…Strengthening Project. March 10, 2003 Survey Information of:- Thirty (30) randomly selected electricity consumers. Have you recently experienced any power outages? No.123456789101112131415 YES---------- NO----- No.161718192021222324252627282930T YES------------22 NO---8 Do you think that competition lowers market prices? No.123456789101112131415 YES--------- NO------ No.161718192021222324252627282930T YES------------21 NO---9 Do you think that BEC should be privatized? No.123456789101112131415 YES-------- NO------- No.161718192021222324252627282930T YES-------15 NO--------15 Do you think that BEC is providing good service to its customers? No.123456789101112131415 YES-- NO------------- No.161718192021222324252627282930T YES---5 NO------------25