Last Updated on July 8, 2026, 4:00 PM AST by Anthony Morris
The St. Kitts Electricity Company Limited SKELEC has started the initiative of replacing the Traditional Electricity with Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI meters. The installation of the new meters started from Block 1 on Tuesday July 7, 2026.
SKELEC shared that the installation will be done in phases. The first phase has been started from Block 1 in which the area of Greenland including Fry’s Village, Croton Place, Hibiscus and Needmust will be covered. The organisation also mentioned that the meter upgrades are scheduled to be done from Tuesday July 7 to 19, 2026.
According to officials, the initiative taken by the SKELEC reflects the administration’s commitment to development in the island. Moreover it also highlights the organisation’s ongoing efforts of advancing the SKELEC electricity infrastructure. The initiative helps the members to take early action including improvement, response and dispatch on outage detection in any area of the island.
The organisation mentioned that the initiative even developed the efficiency in monitoring systems and provides greater access to electricity usage information to the workers. The new Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI meters even have the feature of recording the data up to one year of 15- minute and users will also have access to monitor their data.
Additionally, the initiative of expanding the programme across the St. Kitts was taken after the success of 200 meters installation at the time of the initial strategic installs phase. During the period of the installation of the new Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI meters assigned workers visit the homes and replace the traditional meters with new AMI one.
Notably, the St. Kitts Electricity Company Limited SKELEC also advised the public to make sure that meter locations are accessible, clear and safe as it helps the workers to do work effectively without any difficulty. The organisation requested the public to daily check the SKELEC official pages for updates regarding the installations.
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