St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) has added a new dimension to its live line work, introducing eight members of its Transmission and Distribution Department to the rubber glove method of line maintenance.
St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) has presented its final instalment in a three year $45,000 commitment to the Youth Environment Forum (YEF). The $15,000 cheque was handed over on Thursday July 18, 2013 at the studio of the Government Information Service.
The objective of the YEF, now into its fifth year, is to expose young minds to new ways of thinking about the environment; making them advocates who encourage society to consider the environment in their everyday life.
Tropical Storm Chantal caused no major problems with the electricity infrastructure.
St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) is reporting that the power system fared very well throughout the storm. There was no damage to infrastructure and the majority of customers had electricity throughout the storm.
In the north there were some isolated incidents of power fluctuations in some areas, small areas being without power, some reports of branches falling on lines and taking these lines to the ground, and two cases of meters being pulled off their mountings.
