A key private sector renewable energy entity on the island is seeking to allay the fears of citizens that they would be disenfranchised from scrutinizing or objecting to the applications of large businesses applying for licences to supply alternative energy to the national grid.Director and Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA) Aidan Rogers said on Monday that the public claims are not true. His comments relate to the controversy surrounding the provisions in the proposed Electricity Light and Power (Amendment) Bill before Parliament.“It’s more an issue of why the amendments are necessary because what was carried in the Press gives the impression that there was some attempt to disqualify Barbadians having the opportunity to object to the licences. The first thing is that the licences to be put in place are going to be standard form licences meaning that there are going to be template licences that would apply to the entire set-up under the Electricity Light and Power Act and those licences are going to be made available for everybody to see,” Rogers told Barbados TODAY.“What has caused some consternation is that the licences that Light and Power has sought to apply for - they have not been given any licences as yet, they were negotiating the licences with government - were not fully publicised as yet. The amendment speaks to a process where persons can actually examine those licences and raise any questions concerning an applicant. But the notion that there was something untoward happening and that Barbadians would not have the opportunity to query things, is not accurate,” contended the spokesman for the 11-year-old non-governmental organisation.“The process for even being in a position to apply for a licence for systems over one megawatt or large-scale systems, systems that have a larger generation, not just the ones put on the rooftops by people, or the business [such as] larger solar farms...before you can even get to the stage of making a licence application under the Electric Light and Power Act, you must first secure Town Planning permission,” he explained.