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The promise by the Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) that electricity bills will be lower even if rates are increased is giving some intervenors in the electricity rate hearing a feeling of déjà vu. Last week, manager of regulatory affairs at BL&P, Dr Adrian Carter, explained that due to the coming on stream of the 33-megawatt Clean Energy Bridge (CEB), customers would likely be paying less for their bills should …
The Barbados Light & Power Company has welcomed the decision of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to exclude certain company information from the public’s eye during the pending rate hearingOn Friday, the FTC handed down its decision and order, approving a request by the electric company to have certain sensitive information held in confidence.“The Barbados Light and Power Company acknowledges the Fair Trading Commission’s decision and we are pleased with its determination that commercially-sensitive information within the rate application continues to be kept confidential,” the ut...
The Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) will be able to exclude information it deems confidential or unnecessary to determining if consumers should pay more for electricity, in its upcoming rate hearing before the Fair Trading Commission (FTC).That decision of the FTC, published on Friday, follows a confidentiality hearing involving the BL&P and its legal counsel and representatives from the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA), the Energy Division and the Business Development Division of the Ministry of Energy held on June 29.The five-member Commission led by Deputy FTC Chairm...