BL&P moves to recover costs

An increase in oil prices is not the only reason Barbadians could face higher electricity bills.

Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) has filed two applications with the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to recover from customers the cost of two areas of expenditure it says are critical to ensuring reliable electricity.

BL&P estimates the electricity bill of the average residential customer would increase by $1.25 a month if one application was approved, and by about...