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PUBLIC NOTICE
BARBADOS LIGHT & POWER COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICATION FOR PREAPPROVAL OF INVESTMENTS
AND COST RECOVERY THROUGH THE CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSITION RIDER
BARBADOS
No. FTC-02/2023 BLPC-CETR-CR-20231004
IN THE MATTER of the Utilities Regulation Act, Cap 282 and the Fair Trading Commission Act CAP. 326B of the Laws of
Barbados;
AND IN THE MATTER of the Utilities Regulation (Procedural) Rules, 2003 and the Utilities Regulation (Procedural)
(Amendment) Rules, 2009;
AND IN THE MATTER of the Decision of the Fair Trading Commission on the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited
Application to Establish a Clean Energy Transition Rider as a Cost Recovery Mechanism, dated and issued on May 31, 2023
under Document No. FTCUR/DECCETR/BLPC/2023-02 (‘CETR Decision’);
AND IN THE MATTER of the Application by the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (the Applicant) for approval
to acquire capacity and transmission and distribution resources and to allow the recovery of cost through the Clean Energy
Transition Rider (CETR) mechanism.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that:
The Applicant has filed an Application with the Fair Trading Commission (‘the Commission’) for approval of the following
capacity and transmission and distribution resources which form the Applicant’s first clean energy transition plan (‘CETP’)
Project (‘CETP Project 1’).
(a) Interconnection infrastructure to facilitate the integration of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) onto the public
grid;
(b) 90-megawatts (MW) of Battery Energy Storage Systems;
(c) Distributed Energy Resources Aggregation & Control platform (“the pilot”);
(d) Automatic Generation Control (AGC) systems; and
(e) Synchronous Condensers
NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that:
In exercise of its powers under Rule 37 of the Utilities Regulation (Procedural) Rules, as amended (URPR), the Commission
has determined that the hearing of the Application shall be by way of Written Hearing, pursuant to Procedural Directions
to be issued by the Commission at a later date. During this hearing, only those persons who have submitted a letter of
intervention and have been granted approval in accordance with the criteria as set down in the URPR will be entitled to
participate.
INVITATION TO INTERVENORS:
Any person who wishes to intervene in the proceedings is hereby notified that they must submit a letter of intervention in
compliance with the URPR to
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and copied to the Commission Secretary at
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on or before
4:00 p.m. Friday, November 17, 2023. Any interrogatories about the Application and the accompanying documentation
must be included in the letter of intervention.
Considering the nature of the Application and the urgent need to provide mitigation to the public grid, no extensions
of time will be granted.
The Application and the accompanying documentation may be accessed here:
Dated the 8th day of November 2023.
Kevin K. D. Webster
General Legal Counsel and Commission Secretary
Fair Trading Commission
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