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Tuesday, Jun 03, 2025

BVIEC Wharfage  Fee 'Was Never Intended To Come Into Force'

BVIEC Wharfage Fee 'Was Never Intended To Come Into Force'

Premier and Minister for Finance, Hon. Andrew Fahie said when the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) informed customers that recently enacted increases in wharfage will result in increased charges for electricity, it was never intended for the fee hike to come into force.
Responding to questions from members of the media last Thursday, Premier Fahie said he would be shouldering the blame for it coming into the public domain and causing unnecessary stress on residents during this ongoing health pandemic.

"I am not going to throw anybody under the bus. I am leading; I will take the full brunt of it. I'll just put it that way: it was never intended to come into force, it was never intended to be on the people but to make a long story short, I'll just take the blame, the heat for it, and to say that it has been dealt with," he remarked.

He continued: "I've learned that when you are at the top, sometimes you like to think that things are under control and things slips. I apologize for it coming out, it is something that should not have happened, but I am not going to blame anyone, I am going to take all the blame. I will not give it to my government, electricity or anybody; I'll take it myself."

The BVIEC, via an official notice, informed that the recently enacted British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, which became law on April 15, 2021 and states in part that "Wharfage, as set out in paragraph (b) of Item E of the Third Schedule, shall be charged on petroleum products discharged through ships pipeline direct to private facility of cargo owners" and "$0.10 per gallon on petroleum products discharged through ships pipeline direct to private facility of cargo owners."

"Please be advised that due to the imposition of this new law, all customers' electricity bills from May 2021, and going forward, will include this increase in the cost of fuel to produce electricity in the "Fuel Surcharge" section of your electricity bills," BVIEC stated.

Following the public pushback, Premier Fahie announced that the electricity company would be exempted from the new fee.
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