| PPC cracks down on illegal power | | Print | |
| Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:35 | |||
 PPC Ltd. announced this week it will be cracking down on illegal power connections throughout the island of Providenciales. PPC said its robust internal team is intensely working on the problem, as the illegal practice has a number of negative effects on the community and the financial resources of the company. “These power connections are not only illegal but pose serious safety concerns for all residents in these areas,” PPC said in a statement Dec. 1. “Illegal power connections can result in injury or even death, particularly for children playing in these unprotected areas, where uninsulated and unearthed wires run across floors and across outdoor swampy pathways.” Additionally, PPC says it has received unconfirmed reports of animals passing through these areas and being electrocuted as a result of exposed illegal wires running from poles to residences. Unidentified sources have informed PPC that electricians assist with these illegal connections in some cases, and this act goes strongly against the moral code of professional electricians and will eventually generate a lack of trust in the industry. “PPC has zero tolerance for persons who have blatant disregard for the law and the safety of individuals,” PPC CEO Eddinton Powell said of the illegal and dangerous practice. “We will continue to monitor these areas while enforcing our responsibilities under the law as we aim to make our communities a safer environment for all to live. “It is unfair to fellow law-abiding citizens who have followed the correct procedures set out by the Law and the Company for power connections and who pay their share of the fuel cost to have to pay for those who illegally connect to the system and don’t pay for electricity. That can’t be right.” PPC urges those residents who would like to regularize their illegal service to visit PPC’s Customer Service Centre.
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