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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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19. Company may run lines etc. on roads without charges

(1) Subject to the Company making good to the reasonable satisfaction of the Chief Engineer, all damage occasioned thereby, the Company may erect, place or replace pipes and electric lines along or under or over any road in Saint Lucia without payment of any way-leave, rent, fee or other charge, to remove or repair any such pipe or electric line and for the purpose of erecting, placing, replacing, removing or repairing the same, to break and excavate any such road.

(2) Whenever the Company breaks up or excavates any road, it must with all convenient speed complete the work for the purpose for which the road was broken up or excavated.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), where a road has been broken up or excavated, the Company must make the same good to the reasonable satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and must carry away the rubbish occasioned thereby.

(4) Until the road has been made good, the Company shall fence the road where it has been broken up or excavated and maintain during the hours of darkness a light sufficient to warn persons using the road of the danger constituted by the breaking up or excavation.

(5) Where a road has been broken up or excavated by the Company, the Company must keep the same in good repair for 3 months after it is made good and for such further period (if any) not exceeding 12 months as the subsoil of the road at that place continues to subside.

19. Company may run lines etc. on roads without charges

3. Grant of licence

4. Licensing and Regulation of electricity from renewable resources

5. Power to revoke licence

6. Purchase price to be paid by Government on revocation of licence

9. Duty free importation of goods and treatment of losses

10. Exemption from stamp duty

11. Imposition of fee on fuel purchased

12. Consolidated

14. Interpretation

15. Acquisition of land required by the Company

16. Transfer of land acquired

17. Company may enter lands

18. Power of entry for ascertaining electricity consumed

20. Electric lines not distrainable

21. Damage caused by lopping trees

22. Payment of compensation

23. Company may harness water

24. Interpretation for Part 4

25. Exclusive right to generate electricity from fossil fuels

27. Maintenance of adequate generating capacity

28. Charge for electricity supply

29. Allowable rate of return and rate adjustment

31. Effect of non-submission of interim return

32. Submission of audited accounts to Commission

33. Consequence of certificate of non-compliance

35. Review of basic energy rates

36. Power of Minister to amend Schedule 1

37. Certification Committee

38. Review Board

39. Independent accountants

40. Electricity supplied to Government

41. Rural electrification and street lightning

42. Company's liability for failure to supply electricity

43. Deposits and contributions

45. Non-payment of electricity charges

46. Non-application of Part 5

47. Disputes to be determined by arbitration

48. Appointment of arbitrator

49. Vacancy of arbitrator to be supplied

50. Appointment of umpire

51. Circumstances of single arbitrator

52. Refusal of arbitrator to act

53. Refusal to make award

54. Power to call for books

55. ARbitrator and umpire to take oath

56. Costs of arbitration

57. Correction of slips in award etc.

58. Awards to be final

59. Enforcement of awards

60. Powers of Chief Electrical Engineer

61. Offence of obstructing Company

62. Stealing electricity

64. Regulations

65. Penalty for breach of Regulations

66. General Penalty

67. Amendments to Schedules

2. Interpretation

30. Interim return and rate adjustment

7. Determination of fair market value

8. Powers of Company

26. Voltage of elecTricity supply

34. Rate adjustment

63. Criminal liability for damage and prima facie evidence thereof