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The COVID-19 virus has struck at the electricity rate hearing on Monday forcing all of the intervenors, the lead attorney for Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) Ramon Alleyne, KC, and some senior members of staff to go online for the session.They joined the proceedings via Zoom after the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), which is hearing the BLPC’s application for a basic rate increase, agreed to conduct the case using a hybrid format. The decision to go online came after several intervenors tested positive for the virus.Before taking evidence today, Dr Donley Carrington, who is chairing t...

The Barbados Light and Power Company’s Director of Finance has suggested that it is likely to go back to the regulators for a new rate hike if it is unable to get the 12.5 per cent increase being sought now.Ricaido Jennings put this position to the Fair Trading Commission’s rate hearing on day eight of the proceedings which are considering a request from his company for an increase in electricity rates.Jennings was testifying on Friday when he defended the possibility of seeking another hike. He said even if the current application is successful, the BLPC will still be challenged with how ...

Specialist Robert Goodridge is the new president of the Barbados Renewable Energy Association Inc. (BREA). Goodridge is a renewable energy specialist with local and international certification in renewable energy with emphasis on solar photovoltaic systems and replaces Khalid Grant. BREA staged its ninth annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday, August 15, and Goodridge was elected to the post following the address of the featured speaker, Senior Minister and Minister of …