A senior Government minister is coming to the defence of the Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) which has been under scrutiny and heavy criticism in recent weeks as it made a case for a rate increase.Stopping short of calling critics ungrateful, Minister of Energy Kerrie Symmonds chided those who passed judgement on the utility company without acknowledging its good deeds and its critical role in helping Government make Barbados 100 per cent reliant on renewable energy sources by 2030.In fact, he told an energy forum on Wednesday that similar to giving residents an ease during the height of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, the power company has been pardoning the Government, in some cases.“I feel I have a duty from this place to say on behalf of that much-beleaguered and maligned entity in Barbados, that obviously it is not an institution that is perfect. I am not here to make a case for the Light & Power in terms of its perfection, but it is indispensable to the process,” Symmonds said.
