Statement on Island Wide Power Shut Down

Castries, May 26, 2015 – At 2:15 a.m. today the island experienced a total shutdown of the power system.

The shutdown was triggered by a fault on one of the generators at LUCELEC’s Cul De Sac power station leading to a subsequent overloading of the remaining generators resulting in the power system shutdown.

Initial indications are that some of the systems did not operate as designed resulting in the shutdown and some delay in the restoration of the system to its normal state.

Power was restored across the island at approximately 5:32 a.m.

Further investigations into the root cause of the shutdown are continuing.  The findings will feed into the reviews of the Company’s processes to make the system more robust.

The last island wide power system shutdown occurred in January 2011 in the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas.

LUCELEC deeply regrets any inconvenience to its customers.