Castries, October 10, 2018 – The island experienced a total electrical system shutdown at approximately 9:04 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10. 

The power outage was caused by a major internal fault at the Cul De Sac power station.  The fault initially tripped three of the generators and then the remaining engines, resulting in a total system shutdown. 

Castries, October 2, 2018 – Electricity was restored to all customers affected by the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk by end of day Sunday, September 30.

Although 99% of customers had power restored within 24 hours of the all clear being given, some customers with smaller, localised faults such as broken service lines (from the pole to the meter) didn’t get power until Sunday. That’s because larger area faults are given priority, and localized faults are dealt with subsequently.

Castries, September 29, 2018 – St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) currently has nine (9) crews out in the field as power restoration work following the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk continues. To date, power has been restored to 99% of our customers.

Specific pockets remain without electricity and that includes: communities in Babonneau, Grande-Riviere, Dennery as well as Rock Hall and Bisee. In addition, there are some isolated individual customers the crews will be getting to during the course of the day.