St. Lucia

Getting Electricity in

St. Lucia

Below is a detailed summary of the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building in St. Lucia.

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  • Name of Utility: St. Lucia Electricity Services Ltd. (Lucelec)
  • City: Castries

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for an Inspector's Certificate of Approval from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Port Services and await an inspection

Before applying for an electricity connection, the internal wiring should be inspected by an inspector from the Electrical Department of the Ministry of Communications, Works and Transport and Public Utilities (the Ministry). To apply for this certificate, the customer's licensed electrician (the licenses are issued by the Ministry) would need to submit a standard application form (which can be obtained at the Ministry free of charge).
The inspector would verify whether the wiring is electrically and mechanically sound by ensuring that it conforms with the Local Regulations of the Electrical Inspectorate of the Ministry and the IEE Regulations (BS 7671).



Agency: Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Port Services 		10 calendar days XCD 3,437.5
2 Submit an application for electricity connection to LUCELEC and await an estimate

In order to apply for an electricity connection with LUCELEC, the customer needs to submit: the certificate of internal wiring compliance from the Ministry, proof of ownership of the building and some form of identification (Passport, ID Card or Drivers License). The application for the connection can be completed at the Administration Office of LUCELEC.

After the application is submitted, LUCELEC’s employee will visit the premises to determine what is needed to make the connection and whether a transformer is needed. During the visit, nobody from the applicant’s side needs to be on site. If a pole has to be planted on applicant’s property to support a transformer bank or for whatever reason, the customer or his representative would have to agree on its locations. After some time LUCELEC will issue to the customer an estimate for the connection works.
Agency: St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) 		7 calendar days no charge
3 Await completion of the external connection works by LUCELEC

Once the customer has paid for the infrastructure’s upgrade, work starts right away. On completion the customer applies to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Ports Services for inspection and certification.



Agency: St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) 		7 calendar days XCD 26,500.0
4 Pay security deposit and obtain final connection from LUCELEC

The customer has to pay a security deposit (to cover any outstanding bills in case the customer would close the account without paying). The security deposit is paid after the transformer has been installed and the external connection works are completed. The customer is advised to visit one of the four offices of LUCELEC to pay the deposit, following which they would complete the final connection.
Agency: St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) 		1 calendar day XCD 7,146.7
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