A senior government minister has taken the Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) to task for lacking foresight and focusing on the bottom line above all else.The island’s sole electricity provider was chastised by Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for coordinating infrastructural projects, Dr William Duguid during debate on the Catastrophe Fund (Amendment) Bill in the House of Assembly on Tuesday.He claimed the BLPC, which is before the Fair Trading Commission seeking a rate increase, had opted not to upgrade its electricity poles several years ago, although that would have made the island’s electricity infrastructure more resilient in times of natural disaster.
