The Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P Co.) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Emera Caribbean and currently the sole electricity utility provider in the country of Barbados.
[1] Electricity rates in Barbados are claimed to be some of the highest in the Caribbean.
However, the company is currently in the process of negotiating a direct undersea pipeline for 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 Company 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.