Bahamas
Key Facts
—New Providence Cause An electrical fire at the Blue Hills Power Station, caused by a suspected underground cable fault, led to the explosion of a 15MVA transformer on July 30, 2026.
—Restoration Status Bahamas Power and Light restored electricity to approximately 50% of consumers on New Providence by 7:18 a.m., though the final full-restoration time remains unconfirmed.
—Cat Island Outage A turbocharger failure and subsequent oil leak caused a fire on the Cat Island 1 engine on June 6, 2026, causing an outage restored in stages over about 22 hours on June 6-7, eight weeks before the Nassau failure.
