Only in Bim!!

Laaaaaaaaddddddddddddd!!

Sure-fire way to ruin your relationship with ur neighbours, before uv even started!!

Bim?!!

BL&P has probably done the maths and realize that the 10 household in that district will not consume enough electricity to justify the cost of getting electricity to the district.

I do not think that utility companies are obligated by law to provide service to every area that is not near to existing infrastructure.

Even with BWA, if you are not near to a main, you will have to buy as much pipe as needed and pay a plumber to get your connection near to the main, if you want the water.

These days, the developer is responsible for getting utilities into the area.
The residents of that district should seek assistance from UrbanRural or their MP.

here in canada if there arent enough residents in an area they, the residents must pay for the power to be brought in and its expensive

I@ David.

will try to find out what the exact policy is. I know someone who’s grandfather purchased the pole in our gap and as far I know, they don’t collect anything from Light & Power, but I will still ask a question.

This is not Canada but a tiny isIand. SureIy access to eIectricity can be avaiIabIe for aII. It’s unbeIievabIe that such 3rd worId conditions exist for some whiIe others others on the isIand Iive a paraIIeI existence of totaI Iuxury.

@ General Lee you cant compare this to BWA satuation because many people will profit from the pole whereas only one household gets the water.

Buy the damb pole, how much does it cost? BL&P should Credit the cost of the pole to the person(s) buying it monthly bill. Don’t know about the relating labor cost.

I Just want to add that Barbados Light & Power is VERY GOOD at what they do.

@John Da Silva

Do you believe we have Barbadians who still use pit-toilets?

There is a fund which can be accessed to put down poles. The BL&P knows about this fund because It is accessed by a request from them to either the UDC or the RDC. That is how it was up to about five years ago when I last made a request for somebody. I really can’t remember the name of the fund but it is a kind of universal fund for rural and urban development.

I don’t remember there being a qualification to access the fund either.

Once it is up and in use, the BL&P will replace it if it gets damaged or worn out.

John Da Silva wrote “I would move and let my neighbors continue to live in darkness as punishment for their stupidity. ”

Are you stupid enough to believe that people who live without electricity are stupid?

I lived without electricity for the first 13 years of my life and it is not a major problem to live without electricity.

Gas stoves work fine. I use one everyday.

Kerosene oil lamps work fine. I still own several and I use them regularly. There is nothing as sweet as making love by lamplight. And people without electricity probably make love more often, because there are no distractions such as tv, and blogging !lol!

Now I am not arguing that people should be compelled to live without electricity, but neither should they be bullied by a new neighbor into buying something which they cannot afford or do not want.

The new neighbor is damn presumptous.

@ROK

Our question was meant to be provocative given John’s position about some people not having electricity in this day and age. The added to idea of many without water borne toilets to add perspective.

the same situation is happening all over barbados, neigbors are just waiting to see who will buy a pole, by the next day everyone will connect to it, I suggest anyone that is lucky enough to just run a wire and get electricity, and just wait it out, I would even ran my electricity underground to my other house, until a pole comes, I wont buy any until some of the neigbors pool together and pay for it.

When I moved to where I am, I had to put in many lengths of pipe plus buy a transformer from BL&P. I was told that if anyone is attached to my transformer within a given period, I would get a credit, however that time has passed and now there are about four othewr connections . With the water, within two months of installing the main, other persons were hooking up to it and there was nothing I could have done. I was not happy about it but I did it for my own comfort and once it doesn’t disadvantage me , I’m not bothered, there are too many bigger problems in life to bother about other than somebody sponging on me. However, i think it is time that matter is revisited but as long as BL&P is getting away with “murder” they would continue.

@David

We need to get to the bottom of that story because if they were 10 people, the BL&P said they would plant the poles without cost… but even if the resident pays for the pole and the others hooked up, that person would get their money back and upfront too.

The real problem may be that the other people indicated they did not want to hook up because they feared being included in charges for the pole, but so long as electricity runs 100 ft (the law is 60 ft but BL&P allows 100 ft) from your house, the BL&P by law, has to hook you up regardless of who bought the pole.

The residents should understand that they can hook up as swiftly as possible if they are that many, so that nobody pays for the pole. If it is more than one pole and fewer than 4 residents, then that may be complicated.

With the pit toiIet situation, it’s a nationwide heaIth probIem if the excrement gets into the water tabIe, can infect springs Iower down a hiII, etc. Barbados used to be famous for having some of the purest and sweetest tap water in the worId. Yes, you can do without eIectricity, true. Kerosine and candIes and a gas burner are fine, I’ve Iived with that happiIy and it’s good that you can reguIate your own expenditure and don’t be heIpIess when there is a bIackout. But Iack of it precIudes ever having access to the internet, being abIe to charge a ceII phone and means that the poor are just excIuded. Don’t forget the fire hazard. Pit toiIets are a heaIth hazard and require a Iot of maintenance, which if you are a hard worker just is one other chore to struggIe at and worry about. This is a tightIy packed isIand, not some remote outpost in the middIe of nowhere so they represent a danger of disease to your own famiIy and neighours and in this cIimate, do worry about it. Ive had an outside toiIet and it can be great to sit and Iook at the moon or cIouds whiIe answering the caII of nature but in the rain??? Going out at night in the weather and coming back in with dirty feet or shoes is no fun. EspeciaIIy if you have animaIs!

If I purchased a pole today from the BL&P so as to get power to my home,in addition to some of the concessions mentioned, if termites or high winds destroy that pole tomorrow,BL&P will replace that pole ,no charge to me.