{"id":272964,"date":"2025-10-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-bahamas-grid-company-reports-strong-early-progress-on-foundational-grid-upgrade-project\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:20:02","slug":"bahamas-grid-company-informa-de-un-fuerte-progreso-inicial-en-el-proyecto-fundamental-de-actualizacion-de-la-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/bahamas-grid-company-informa-de-un-fuerte-progreso-inicial-en-el-proyecto-fundamental-de-actualizacion-de-la-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas Grid Company Reports Strong Early Progress on Foundational Grid Upgrade Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">NASSAU<\/span>, The <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 9, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Six months after the launch of its <b>Foundational Grid Upgrade Project<\/b>\u00a0and one year since providing restoration and maintenance activities, the\u00a0<b>Bahamas Grid Company (BGC)<\/b>\u00a0has released its first comprehensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4528489-1&amp;h=1892257375&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fbahamasgrid.net%2Fprogressreport&amp;a=Progress+Metrics+Report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Progress Metrics Report<\/a><b>.<\/b>\u00a0The report highlights major upgrades to the transmission and distribution systems serving New Providence, paving the way for greater reliability, resilience, and power quality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2890left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2890left\" title=\"BGC Working on the Distribution System\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2791615\/Island_Grid_BGC_Working_on_the_Distribution_System.jpg\" alt=\"BGC Working on the Distribution System\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Early results show the project is already transforming electricity delivery, with outages declining sharply and thousands of customers now experiencing enhanced service quality.<\/p>\n<p><b>Building a Stronger, More Resilient Grid<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Progress on the\u00a0$130 million\u00a0initiative is well ahead of schedule\u201428% faster than planned\u2014with major infrastructure improvements completed or underway:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>144 new steel poles installed, replacing aging wooden structures and providing Category 5 hurricane-grade resilience.<\/li>\n<li>153,120 feet of transmission cable reconductored with double-sized wire to accommodate future load growth and new generation sources.<\/li>\n<li>42,240 feet of distribution cable reconductored to remediate system vulnerabilities and support expanding customer demand.<\/li>\n<li>Three new substations under construction to enhance system protection and enable rerouting of power to prevent large-scale outages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Leveraging Smart Technologies to Reduce Outages<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The deployment of advanced grid technologies is delivering measurable results in outage reduction and faster response times:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>47 IntelliRupters installed on high-risk feeders to reduce both the number of outages and the customers affected by them.<\/li>\n<li>137,280 feet of OPGW fiber cable replaced to enable remote operations, protection devices, and the integration of smart technologies across the grid.<\/li>\n<li>A new integrated Work Management System is being implemented to track upgrades and customer connections while providing real-time outage response \u2014 a first for The <span class=\"xn-location\">Bahamas<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Direct Public Benefits Already Visible<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The positive impact of these upgrades is being felt by homes and businesses across New Providence:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>49,000 homes in historically outage-prone areas are now experiencing far fewer interruptions.<\/li>\n<li>16,000 homes have benefited from load-balancing efforts that improve power quality and extend the lifespan of home appliances.<\/li>\n<li>Proactive patrols and maintenance on 70 circuit miles of high-risk areas are reducing potential storm damage before it occurs.<\/li>\n<li>86% reduction in outages for customers downstream of IntelliRupters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Six months into implementation, the Foundational Grid Upgrade Project is already delivering measurable reliability improvements, laying the groundwork for a more secure and sustainable energy system for New Providence.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Us<br \/><\/b>Bahamas Grid Company (BGC), established through a public-private partnership, is a wires company that operates and manages the transmission and distribution system (T&amp;D System) \u2013 i.e., the poles, wires and substations that distribute power \u2013 across the island of New Providence in The\u00a0Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:press@islandgrid.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">press@islandgrid.com<\/a><br \/>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4528489-1&amp;h=1534967766&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbahamasgrid.net%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fbahamasgrid.net%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bahamasgrid.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg309dleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; 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Six months after the launch of its <b>Foundational Grid Upgrade Project<\/b>\u00a0and one year since providing restoration and maintenance activities, the\u00a0<b>Bahamas Grid Company (BGC)<\/b>\u00a0has released its first comprehensive\u00a0&lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":272965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272964"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272967,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272964\/revisions\/272967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}