Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) is urging homeowners to take practical steps to protect themselves, beyond stocking water and tinned food for the hurricane season.

Yesterday, at a press conference held at the company’s corporate offices at Kilowatt Court, Garrison Hill, St Michael, officials put homeowners with solar panel systems on notice that their renewable energy installations could become serious safety hazards if not properly managed before, during and after a storm.

Robert Harewood, manager of the renewable energy business unit said: “We don’t want linemen working on the system and power feeding back.”