Tag: CUC
CUC working on cause of island-wide blackout
(CNS) UPDATED: The whole of Grand Cayman lost power Friday morning and CUC is still not able to confirm the cause of the blackout. Power was returned to parts of Seven Mile Beach, West Bay, South Sound, Smith Road, Crewe Road, Shamrock Road into Northward and Bodden Town after the more than five hour outage. The […]
Grand Cayman power bills face new hike
(CNS): The local regulator has cleared a new base rate hike for CUC, pushing up the cost of electricity again for consumers on Grand Cayman. The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) confirmed that it had approved a 0.9% increase in the rate the monopoly power provider is allowed to charge. Customers will see the increase immediately […]
CUC black out seizes up George Town
(CNS): Offices, local business, retailers, the courts, government departments, schools and homes across George Town and large parts of Grand Cayman were hit by a more than four-hour power blackout Tuesday — the second one in just a week. The outage led to early closing for schools and many businesses without generators in and around the […]
Pole fire cuts power to almost 1800 CUC customers
(CNS): Homes and businesses in some parts of George Town were without power for around two hours on Monday morning when a CUC pole caught fire along North Sound Road. Spokesperson for the power company said 1,795 customers in Central George Town as well as Dorcey Drive, Bobby Thompson Way, Hospital Road, South Church Street […]
Cooler weather cuts CUC profits
(CNS Business): Power consumption was down 3% for the last quarter of CUC’s financial year due to cooler weather, the firm said yesterday as it released its figures for the three months ended December 31. But the monopoly power provider and its shareholders are not out of pocket, since a growth in customer numbers boosted net earnings for the year to $20.8 […]
CUC sues ex-electrical inspector for $139k
(CNS): Grand Cayman’s power supplier has turned to the civil courts to try and recoup almost $139,000 from a former government electrical inspector who was convicted last year of power poaching from Caribbean Utilities Company for almost seven years. Neville Faulknor (46), from George Town, was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay compensation of $138,395.75 […]
