As at 8 a.m. today approximately 98% of the electricity infrastructure has been energised, following the passage of Tropical Storm Matthew.

Dion Recaii is the 2016 Saint Lucia SPISE (Student Programme for Innovation in Science and Engineering) scholar. He was one of 19 chosen from a field of 48 applicants across the region. His participation in the four week regional programme held annually at UWI-Cave Hill in Barbados was sponsored by the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC).

St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) can now locate faults on its southern 66 kilovolt (kV) transmission network, faster and more precisely. That’s because the company has invested in a travelling wave fault locater system that provides the location of faults on the 66kV lines to within 50 meters.