Barbadians were on Tuesday facing the prospect of another day without

electricity even as the lone electricity company, the Barbados Light and Power

Company (BL&P), said it was working to restore full restoration as soon as

possible.

Many people have taken to social media to complain of the lack of

electricity and water supplies. The electricity problems forced the early

closure of several businesses and schools on Monday. It also affected

residential areas.

BL&P’s managing director, Roger Blackman, said the blackout, which

began on Monday was caused by “a fault” which originated at the company’s

substation on the outskirts of the capital.

He said that while the company had “identified and isolated that fault and started restoration,” during the process “some of our generators experienced challenges similar to what we have experienced or encountered last week when we had fuel equipment issues on two of our largest generators which was delaying full restoration.”

“We would have had fuel pump challenges, and we have been having discussions with our fuel supplier in relation to addressing that issue. In the meanwhile, we have teams working on both units to replace the affected equipment and return those units,” he added.

Blackman said that the company had implemented measures to deal with the

problems regarding the fuel supply and that work is “ongoing to investigate and

determine exactly what corrective measures need to be taken, but again, until

that is fully resolved we are in a delicate situation in relation to that plan.