St. Lucia

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St. Lucia

Listed below are the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building.

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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 Communications, Works and Transport and Public Utilities 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 meets the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) standards and regulations.



Agency: Ministry of Communications, Works and Transport and Public Utilities 		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 estimate is ready LUCELEC starts the external connection works. The meter is installed by LUCELEC at this point as well.




Agency: St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) 		7 calendar days XCD 21,500.0
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 exernal 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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