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By Marlon Madden The Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) has raised alarm about the potential instability of the national grid given the increasing number of connections being made by renewable energy systems. The issue has become so “critical” that the island’s sole electric utility company has applied for permission to build a combined total of 60 megawatts of utility-scale storage across
Intervenor Tricia Watson has failed in an effort to have a NATION newspaper article accepted as evidence in the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) electricity rate hearing. On day 11 of the proceedings of the Accra Beach Hotel on Wednesday, the attorney sought to question a Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) asset management witness panel on an October 2013 article. In the story, Sarah MacDonald, the then head of …
The commission hearing a request for a basic electricity rate on Wednesday issued a final warning to intervenors and attorneys for the applicant regarding their behaviour, and promised to evict anyone who continues to “disrespect” the tribunal.It was the second time that the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) panel has cautioned parties on both sides about their conduct during the proceedings which are considering the request from the Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) for an 11.9 per cent hike in rates to customers. Today, however, was the first time the commissioners told parties they wo...
Nearly three years after the country was crippled by two consecutive days of island-wide power outages, Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) says it is focused on delivering a more reliable service. This was specifically in relation to the generation of power and the way it was transmitted and distributed, BL&P director of asset management Rohan Seale testified at the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) hearing considering the company’s application …
The Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) told the utility regulators on Tuesday that the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) records which show an excess of $32 million in accumulated depreciation rates charged to customers are incorrect and need to be fixed.Director of Finance Ricaido Jennings told this to the panel hearing the BLPC’s application for a basic rate increase for electricity. While Jennings, who was being questioned by the chairman of the proceedings Dr Donley Carrington, agreed that the records should be reconciled, he disagreed about where the adjustments ought to be made....