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Friday, July 25, 2025

T&TEC working to restore power to 20 communities

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Rishard Khan
2230 days ago
20190617
T&TEC says it is working to restore power to 20 communities following heavy showers on Monday.

T&TEC says it is working to restore power to 20 communities following heavy showers on Monday.

The elec­tric­i­ty sup­ply to some 20 com­mu­ni­ties na­tion­wide has been dis­rupt­ed due to the in­clement weath­er cur­rent­ly be­ing ex­pe­ri­enced.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (TTEC) said they are ac­tive­ly treat­ing with re­ports of elec­tric­i­ty out­ages caused by sig­nif­i­cant light­ning ac­tiv­i­ty and in some cas­es, fall­en trees, re­sult­ing from the in­clement weath­er.

“Emer­gency crews have been re­spond­ing to re­ports con­tin­u­ous­ly as the Com­mis­sion works to re­store sup­ply to af­fect­ed ar­eas in the short­est pos­si­ble time,” the Com­mis­sion said.

The af­fect­ed ar­eas in­clude Paramin in the north, Man­zanil­la in the east, cen­tral Trinidad, and Mara­bel­la in the South, with cen­tral and east be­ing the most im­pact­ed.

“In­clud­ed in the lat­ter re­gions are Fish­ing Pond Road in San­gre Grande and Heights of Aripo, where trees are be­ing cleared be­fore the over­head lines and poles are re­stored, and Ravine Sable, Carlsen Field and Bas­ta Hall.”

While crews are be­ing dis­patched, the Com­mis­sion ad­mits that time­ly restora­tion may be im­pact­ed if the rain­fall con­tin­ues un­abat­ed.

They, how­ev­er, say “cus­tomers should be re­as­sured that we are treat­ing the out­ages as ur­gent and var­i­ous mech­a­nisms have been put in place to fa­cil­i­tate speedy restora­tion.”

T&TEC apol­o­gis­es for any in­con­ve­nience be­ing ex­pe­ri­enced by cus­tomers at this time.

Their trou­ble re­port hot­lines 800-BULB (2852) and 800-TTEC (8832), re­main avail­able 24/7 to take re­ports from cus­tomers.


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