Chalillo dam construction site photos taken April, 2005.

Bills to increase as much as 57% for Belize Electricity Limited
customers who had benefited from a reclassification of the social rate
category in April 2003, which was discontinued after BEL claimed the
government subsidy for the program had dried up.

Overall grade:
"Fortis/BECOL has failed to meet its legal obligations in construction
of the Chalillo Dam and providing for the health and safety of the
people, the river, and the environment."

The new dam is planned for the Vaca area on the Macal River, about 6 miles from the Chalillo site.

"Each year, Fortis/BEL reports higher and higher profits as our rates go up and the [Macal] river gets worse."

Belize Environmental Law and Policy Office vice president Candy
Gonzalez argues for stay on construction of $105-million Vaca dam
pending fulfillment of certain aspects of an Environmental Compliance
Plan.

The Belize Institute of Policy and Law Organization (BELPO), a citizen lobbying group operating out of the Cayo district, has successfully secured a Supreme Court judgement against the Department of the Environment (DOE) for its failure to enforce an Environmental Compliance Plan (E.C.P.) against the multi-million dollar corporate giant BECOL.

Robert Bateman May 1, 2001   Dear Friend of Probe International: I am writing to ask you to help save wildlife in Belize, Central America, from a proposed hydroelectric dam that would […]

A Canadian-owned power company could be forced to stop work on its third dam on Belize’s Macal River – underway since earlier this year – if Belizean environmentalists can persuade the Supreme Court to uphold the law.
 

(May 3, 2002) This report presents the findings of a re-study done on the geology of the proposed Chalillo Dam site during the period April 24th to April 29th, 2002.

(July 11, 2007)