Tag Archive | "electricity"

Scrutinising APUA’s ‘sky-high’ power rates


Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) charges the public more than three times as much for electricity than the cost of generation.

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ALP threatens to collapse government if power is cut islandwide


The Antigua Labour Party (ALP) has threatened to put pressure on government until it collapses if the dispute between Antigua Power Company (APC) and state-owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) plunges residents into darkness for prolonged periods.

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Fire victim: ‘I had no electricity’


Fifty-one-year-old Tessa Garette, whose Villa residence was destroyed by fire, said she wants to clear her name of any suggestion she might have been stealing electricity from Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) after the supply was cut off in 2010.

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Questions on house fire cause


A stocked refrigerator and sparks that erupted when firemen were putting out a blaze at a Villa house Monday night are indicators that contrary to information

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PM agrees disconnections ’unacceptable’


Unacceptable and insensitive was how Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer characterized a recent decision by the management

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APUA Gets Tough


Effective immediately, anyone due for disconnection from any one of the three services (telephone, electricity, water) provided by the Antigua Public Utilities Authority

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Utility caps to save millions


Government ministers, ministers of state and parliamentary secretaries will now have a limit to the amount of free utilities they receive on a monthly basis as the government attempts to reign in expenditure and cut wastage.

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APUA rebranding campaign goes public


The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) has launched a rebranding campaign this week for its three business units including water, electricity and telecommunications.

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Probe on Yorks squatters should be completed shortly


The findings of the probe into illegal utilities connections at Yorks Extension and subsequent action should not take an inordinately long time, Chairman of the Development Control Authority (DCA) Leon Chaku Symister said.

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MP Chides APUA On Squatters


Parliamentary representative for St John’s Rural North John Maginley has accused the Antigua Public Utilities Authority of dragging its feet on actions against squatters in Yorks New Extension.

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