Hearing of The Barbados Light and
Power Company Limited’s (BL&P) application for a review of electricity
rates will commence in October at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Persons
interested in participating in the rate review process were requested to submit
letters of intervention in accordance with the Utilities Regulation
(Procedural) Rules 2003.
The Fair Trading Commission received a
total of ten (10) applications. All applicants have complied with the
requirements under the Procedural Rules and have been granted intervenor status.
They are as follows:
1
Barbados
Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (BANGO)
2
Barbados
Association of Retired Persons (BARP)
3
Barbados
Consumer Research Organisation Inc. (BARCRO)
4
Barbados
Small Business Association (SBA)
5
Canbar
Technical Services Ltd.
6
Sentinel
Group Caribbean Inc.
7
Roland
Clarke
8
Errol
E. Niles
9
Douglas
B. Trotman
10
Olson
Robertson
The intervenors represent consumer organisations,
small businesses, industry specialists and private individuals. Their interests
in intervening range from the impact of the proposed rates, to renewable energy
and demand billing for commercial customers.
The next step in this process will be
a procedural conference which will deal with administrative matters related to
the timelines for filing documents and procedures to govern the hearing. Other
issues to be covered will include dates for convening of conferences to clarify
technical issues and to finalise the list of issues that will be dealt with at
the hearing. The Commission will also be receiving questions and requests for
information from the intervenors relating to matters raised in the BL&P’s application
for the applicant’s response.
Fair Trading Commission
Good Hope
Green Hill, St. Michael
Tel: 246-424-0260
Fax: 246-424-0300
Consumer Protection 
