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CUC blames generation problems for another outage
(CNS): Customers in parts of West Bay, George Town and Bodden Town were without power for over an hour in some cases Tuesday morning as a result of what Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) described as “a temporary loss of generation”. Power was restored to all customers by around 10:35am, the monopoly power provider on Grand […]
CUC claims to offer value for money to customers
(CNS): More than half of residential customers’ electricity bills in December were under $200, according to Grand Cayman’s electricity supplier, which said in a statement issued yesterday that it provides customers with a reliable service and good value for money. Pointing to lower oil prices bringing down bills, CUC said there was a perception that […]
CUC plans CORE expansion as client base grows
(CNS): As the number of customers using solar panels and wind turbines grows, Grand Cayman’s power provider is planning another expansion of its Consumer-Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) generation initiative that allows clients to remain on the grid and feed their surplus energy back to CUC. The firm revealed that the programme is almost fully subscribed, despite […]
Local power cuts continue in wake of major outage
(CNS): Following the more than five-hour blackout across Grand Cayman through Thursday and Friday night, there were more sporadic and localised cuts in the power supply on Friday and Saturday. In its last annual report CUC, Grand Cayman’s electricity supplier, continues to report a more than 99.97% reliability of supply but there have been several […]
Grand Cayman suffers 5-hour blackout
(CNS): Most of CUC’s customers were without power through the night and into the morning Thursday-Friday as a result of a fault on the power provider’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) system, officials confirmed. The blackout began just before 11pm on Thursday night but it was not until after 5:15 Friday morning that all customers were […]
CUC blames ‘spurious fault’ for power cut
(CNS): A power outage which lasted for just under an hour in and around George Town on Wednesday was caused by what CUC said was a “spurious fault” on the local electricity provider’s transmission line. A spokesperson for the company said that the outage occurred at 3:37pm but power was restored to all customers by […]
Bodden Town to get 5MW solar farm
(CNS): Cayman’s first commercial alternative energy facility is to be built in Bodden Town. CUC has awarded a contract for 5 megawatt (MW) plant to be built by Entropy Cayman Solar Limited on a 20-acre site. It will include over 21,000 poly-crystalline photovoltaic (solar) modules each with a DC-rated capacity of 305 watts and will […]
Equipment failure blamed for 2.5 hour power loss in GT
(CNS): Large parts of the capital were without power again on Friday (16 October) as a result of equipment failure on a pole in Maclendon Drive near Foster’s Food Fair. Customers in various parts of George Town experienced power interruptions between 1:22pm and 3:48pm, Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) officials said in a release. Areas affected […]
CUC worker cracks after 20 years on job
(CNS): A linesman with CUC who had an exemplary work record with 20 years service was sacked after he cracked during a disciplinary hearing over weekend shifts and punched his boss, as well as hitting him over the head with his helmet. Vaughn Wilks pleaded guilty this week to unlawful wounding and was bound over […]
Day long outage blamed on equipment failure
(CNS): Grand Cayman’s power supplier has blamed a day long power cut Friday on equipment failure. The problem started on a section of the transmission line between the power plant on North Sound Road and the South Sound substation around 4:30 in the morning, CUC said, though CNS readers reported lost power well before 4am. […]
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RC Loves Cayman writes: Your article states, “The problem started on a section of the transmission line between the power plant on North Sound Road and the South Sound substation around 4:30 in the morning, CUC said, though CNS readers reported lost power well before 4am.”
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