The Barbados Light & Power Company Limited

Please note that all dollar values are quoted in Barbados dollars (Bds).

APPLICATION:

This rate is applicable to all customers (except street lighting).

Character of Service:

A.C., 50Hz., single phase or three-phase at standard Low Tension supply.

Condition of Service:

No service may be transmitted to other premises without the express consent of the Company.

Monthly Rate:
1. Demand Charge (a) For Company-owned transformer(s).......... $4.00 per kVA of Billing Demand VAT (15%) $0.60 per kVA _________________ TOTAL $4.60 per KVA _________________
(b) For Customer-owned transformer(s).......... $3.00 per kVA of Billing Demand VAT (15%) $0.45 per kVA _________________ TOTAL $3.45 per KVA _________________ Note: (b) is not available for new connections nor for expansion of existing customer transformer installations.
2. Energy Charge All kWh @ 20.6¢ per kWh VAT (15%) 3.0¢ per kWh _________________ TOTAL 23.6¢ per kWh _________________
3. Fuel Charge All kWh @ ..................Fuel Clause Adjustment The Fuel Clause Adjustment may vary from month to month with the cost of fuel and is subject to Value Added Tax (VAT)

Minimum Bill:

The minimum monthly bill shall be the appropriate demand charge plus the charge for the first 50kWh per kVA of Billing Demand, which monthly bill shall not be less than the equivalent of a Billing Demand of 5kVA plus 1, 000 kWh of energy at the appropriate rate.

Billing Demand:

Customers connected under this rate shall be metered as to demand and the billing demand shall be the maximum measured demand of the current month or the maximum measured demand of any of the previous 11 months whichever is greater. The metered demand may be measured in either kW or kVA at the option of the Company depending upon the character of the service. If the demand is measured in kW then the maximum KW reading shall be divided by a correction factor of 0.85 for conversion to kVA for billing purposes.
The Company shall reserve the right to assess the billing demand based on a connected load for installations including lifts and cranes, X-ray equipment and welders.
For customers with a contracted demand, the billing demand shall be the higher of (a) or (b) or the contracted demand.

Terms of Service:

Not less than one year

Rules and Regulations:

Service under this schedule is subject to orders of the Fair Trading Commission and to the current publication of "Information and Requirements Covering Installation of Electric Services and Meters".

In any case of difference of interpretation between any provision of this schedule and said "Information and Requirements Covering Installation of Electric Services and Meters" the provision of this schedule shall be deemed to apply.

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