BFEC BECOMES FIRST CONSUMER GENERATOR IN VI – BVIEC – 1ST ENTITY IN TERRITORY WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITY TO BE ‘GRID-TIED’ TO BVIEC’s ELECTRICAL GRID

According to the Corporation in a press release today, December 8, 2020, BFEC, accordance with the BVI Electricity Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2015, is now referred to as a “ consumer generator” comprising of a Net Billing Metering System which employs a set of electrical meters, one of which is capable of determining the units supplied by the renewable energy generating facility and another one capable of determining both the units supplied from the grid to the consumer-generator and the units of energy supplied from the consumer-generator to the grid.

It said, in accordance with the BVI Electricity Corporation (Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2018, the Government of the Virgin Islands Electrical Inspection Unit (EIU) carried out an inspection of the system installed by Mr Sean Hartley of Amandla Engineering to ensure it was constructed utilising industry best practices and issued a certificate of approval for the renewable energy generating facility to be grid-tied.

Proud moment for VI

Mrs Rosemarie Flax, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BVIEC, is quoted as saying: “this is a proud moment for the BVI. The Board, Management and staff of BVIEC will continue to be relentless in fulling the areas of commitment regarding the territory’s energy transformation well into the future.”

BVIEC said it is currently in the process of contacting owners of other renewable energy generation facilities within the territory to request that they regularise these systems and bring them in compliance with the applicable laws and industry codes.

‘Culmination of many years work’

According to the press release, when asked about this significant milestone being achieved, Mr Leroy A. E. Abraham, the General Manager/CEO of BVIEC, stated that “this is the culmination of many years work by the BVIEC team which started almost two decades ago with the manifestation of BVIEC now having the capability to grid-tie distributed generation systems and the soon to be constructed Hybrid Renewable Energy and Battery Energy Storage project on Anegada.”

BVIEC said the public is advised to stay tuned for further exciting news updates regarding BVIEC’s efforts toward energy diversification within the Territory utilising renewable energy.

Reference

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