Blown Switch Gear Causes Island Wide Outage

Basseterre, St. Kitts (Thursday 14th January 2021)— Customers were without power early Wednesday morning for a few hours due to a blown switchgear at SKELEC’s powerplant resulting in an island-wide power outage. The company’s technical team immediately assessed the damage then shortly after began repair work. Restoration of power began at 10:30 am when electricity […]
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Scheduled maintenance outages for 8th – 11th December

Basseterre, St. Kitts (December 7th, 2020)—The St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. Is advising the public of scheduled maintenance outages for the week 8th December – 11th December 2020. The scheduled maintenance outages are necessary to perform maintenance as a part of our ongoing efforts to improve reliability. DATE TIME AREA(S) TO BE AFFECTED Tuesday 8th December […]
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SKELEC to conduct meter audit in West Basseterre

The St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. will be conducting meter audits in the Village to West Farm areas from Monday 7th December to Sunday 13th December 2020. During this time our advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technicians will be upgrading our smart meters.
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Fire at SKELEC’s Power Plant Causes Island Wide Outage

Residents of St. Kitts were without power at approximately 7:15 am on Thursday November 12 due to a localized fire at the St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd SKELEC’s Needsmust Power Plant. The fire first sparked in the plant’s main control panel and resulted in an island-wide outage. A prompt response from the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services saw the fire being out and an all-clear given by 8:30 am.
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