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Carriacou electricity history |
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Carriacou Electricity History
Late Electrification
Prior to 1960 electricity was
generated from a Delco (Generator) attached to the Anglican Church. This
served only the Church, However in December 1960 the late H.A.Blaize
switched on the lights in Hillsborough to formally introduce electricity to
the town of Hillsborough. The Generator( Delco) was housed in the old fish
market. Mr.Brown was the person in charge with Milton Blaize as his
assistant.
In 1972 electricity was taken to
Windward by the late Sir Eric Matthew Gairy. This was to facilitate the
playing of an electrical organ he donated to the church for the celebration
of a memorial mass for all those who lost their lives on the City of
St.George.
The rural electrification was
started in the mid 1970’s however it was during the period of the Revolution
that electricity was taken to the country areas. This trend was continued by
all succeeding Governments. Carriacou can boast of 99.99 % electrification
to date.
When electricity was government
owned there were lots of load shedding due to demand exceeding supply.
Today under the management of
GRENLEC customers can testify that they enjoy the best supply of electricity
ever from Three Cummins Generators housed in a modern building with reserve
generating capacity.
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