Castries, April 30, 2026 – The St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) has donated a 10‑kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system to St. Lucy’s Home, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable energy, community resilience, and responsible corporate citizenship.

St. Lucy’s Home located at Bishops Gap in Castries, has for more than 40 years provided care, shelter and dignity to elderly residents at no cost. The installation of the solar PV system, valued at EC$43,400.00, is expected to offset approximately 75 per cent of the Home’s electricity consumption, allowing operational savings to be redirected toward resident care and essential services.

LUCELEC Assistant Generation Engineer Carryl Haynes described the initiative as a natural extension of the company’s sustainability and social responsibility mandate.

“St Lucy’s Home is an organization that aligns very closely with LUCELEC’s values. For more than 40 years, this home has been transforming lives by restoring dignity and offering hope through a truly holistic approach. Beyond providing safe, clean and comfortable shelter, St Lucy’s Home addresses the full spectrum of human needs – spiritual, physical, emotional and social. The home continues to stand as a beacon of compassion and resilience. Importantly, LUCELEC is honoured to have a longstanding relationship with the St Lucy’s Home and over the years we have consistently sought ways to assist where possible in supporting needs and its invaluable mission. Today’s solar installation is a natural extension of that enduring partnership and reflects our belief that clean energy should serve people, purpose and progress.”

Minister for Equity, Labour, Gender and Elderly Affairs, Social Justice and Consumer Welfare Emma Hippolyte who has Ministerial oversight of St. Lucy’s Home commended the company for this donation.

“LUCELEC has done this tremendous leap in terms of donating this 10kW PV system to St Lucy’s Home, so this is a labour of love not only to our seniors, not only to our residents here but we are saying in a big way that we recognize the effort and the work of our seniors. They have laboured, they have toiled and now in their silver and twilight years, we owe them to make their lives comfortable. The contribution you are making today is a savings for St Lucy’s Home, not only for this month but continually,” she says. 

The solar PV system, installed by Edson Francis of Classical Electricals Incorporated. He says it will provide lasting cost savings for the home.

“It’s a photovoltaic system commonly called a PV system where you receive sun energy or light from the sun, and you convert it into electricity. There are two 5kW systems behind me which gives a total of 10kW. So as the sun rises, during the day it hits the panels and then the DC power which is produced by the panel goes to the inverter and the inverter converts it to AC power which is then connected to the LUCELEC panel in the building which reduces your electricity bill. We’re expecting that it will take care of a bill of $1,500 every month – that’s money they don’t have to remove from their pocket.”

For the Home’s Founder, Monsignor Patrick Anthony, the message was short and poignant - “LUCELEC, I big you up from Day 1 you’ve been with us.”

His Grace Archbishop Gabriel Malzaire led the group in prayer and blessed the unit before it was officially unveiled by Governor General Emerita Dame Pearlette Louisy and the Home’s Chairman Carlton Glasgow. The new and green beginning for St Lucy’s began on Friday, April 24.

Through initiatives such as this, LUCELEC continues to advance its environmental, social and governance commitments by integrating renewable energy solutions that deliver measurable benefits to communities and support national sustainability goals.

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