Barbados Light and Power Company
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The Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P Co.) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Light & Power Holdings (LPH) and currently the sole electricity utility provider in the country of Barbados
. It started operations in 1911 and has three power generation stations: one located along the Spring Garden Highway, a second at The Garrison and a third located at the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport
in Seawell. The company claims it has over 100,000 customers. The fuel provided is natural gas and fuel oil.
Power is transmitted at 24 kV, which is then distributed at 11 kV and consumed at 115/200 volts or 115/230 volts (residential), 230/400 volts (commercial), or 11,000–24,900 volts for industry at a frequency of 50 hertz
.
Electricity rates in Barbados are claimed to be one of the highest in the Caribbean
. However, the company is currently in the process of negotiating a direct undersea pipeline of Natural Gas from Trinidad and Tobago
through the Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline
.
BL&P is also engaged in a long term study of the feasibility of creating a wind farm
off the North coast of Saint Lucy.
The Barbados Light & Power Co. is a member of the Saint Lucia
based, Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC), and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) based in Washington, DC, USA.
The parent company Light & Power Holdings Ltd. is currently listed on the Barbados Stock Exchange
(BSE).
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. It started operations in 1911 and has three power generation stations: one located along the Spring Garden Highway, a second at The Garrison and a third located at the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport , is found in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados. The former name of the airport was Seawell Airport before being dedicated in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. The airport's timezone is GMT –4, and is...
in Seawell. The company claims it has over 100,000 customers. The fuel provided is natural gas and fuel oil.
Power is transmitted at 24 kV, which is then distributed at 11 kV and consumed at 115/200 volts or 115/230 volts (residential), 230/400 volts (commercial), or 11,000–24,900 volts for industry at a frequency of 50 hertz
Hertz
The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications....
.
Electricity rates in Barbados are claimed to be one of the highest in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
. However, the company is currently in the process of negotiating a direct undersea pipeline of Natural Gas from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
through the Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline
Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Company Limited
The Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Company Limited is a joint public/private sector company charged with the initiative of building a natural gas distribution network for the Eastern Caribbean chain of islands.-Network:...
.
BL&P is also engaged in a long term study of the feasibility of creating a wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
off the North coast of Saint Lucy.
The Barbados Light & Power Co. is a member of the Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
based, Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC), and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) based in Washington, DC, USA.
The parent company Light & Power Holdings Ltd. is currently listed on the Barbados Stock Exchange
Barbados Stock Exchange
The Barbados Stock Exchange or BSE is Barbados' main stock exchange. Its headquarters are in the capital-city Bridgetown.The Barbados Stock Exchange is among the four major regional Caribbean stock exchanges. The other three being the exchanges of Jamaica, the Eastern Caribbean, and Trinidad and...
(BSE).
See also
- Reddy KilowattReddy KilowattReddy Kilowatt is a cartoon character that acted as corporate spokesman for electricity generation in the United States for some six decades.-Description:...
- Mains electricity by country
- NEMA connector
- U.S. National Electrical Code