St. Kitts Electric Company (SKELEC)

The St. Kitts Electricity Company Limited (SKELEC) is a public utility that provides electric power generation, transmission and distribution services. The power station is located at Needsmust, and comprises of ten (10) diesel generators operating in droop and with a total capacity of 43 MW. This services a peak demand of approximately 24 MW and a base load of approximately 14 MW. The transmission system comprises of twelve (12), 3-phase, 3-wire, 11 KV radial feeders originating at the generator bus bar at power station. It comprises of both underground and overhead feeders. The 11 KV is converted to 3-phase, 4-wire, 400V and single phase, 2-wire, 230V, respectfully supplied to “class” consumers. The system frequency is 60 Hz.