NASSAU, The Bahamas – A new initiative that will introduce Smart Metering to The Bahamas is underway. The Hon. Alfred Sears, Minister of Works and Utilities, announced the formation of a pilot programme for Smart Metering that will deploy a partnership between the Bahamas Government, a private company, and BPL.
Minister Sears outlined details of the initiative which is expected to have an early roll-out and begin with 100 customers.
- The government will fund the program – i.e., pay meters and installation costs;
- BPL will provide the customers based on their credit history;
- Agreements will have to be drafted to ensure liability concerns, credit risks concerns, installations, etc.;
- BPL will provide the sale of electricity to Walker’s Industries, and Walker’s will, in turn, receive payments from the customers;
- The program will operate on LTE – the cellular network.
