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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 – The Government of Saint Lucia has approved
the continuation of the Energy Saving Light Bulb Project to be executed through
town and village councils, community voluntary groups and national clubs.
A committee under the chairmanship of the chief electrical engineer in the
Ministry of Communications, Works, Transport and Public Utilities will be
established with representatives from, the ministries of Housing, Urban Renewal
and Local Government, Social Transformation, Human Resource Development, Public
Service, Youth and Sports, Health, Wellness, Family Affairs, National
Mobilization, Human Services and Gender Relations and the ministry responsible
for sustainable development
The Committee is expected to develop an implementation plan for the distribution
of the 1ight bulbs to domestic households in all remaining communities on the
island. Last year, the pilot phase of the project was implemented in the
villages of Anse-La-Raye and Canaries where one thousand, six hundred and thirty
eight (1638) households or 3.4 percent of the 47,713 total households in Saint
Lucia were visited.
Households which benefited from the pilot phase have realized reductions in
energy consumption.
The Public Utilities ministry is calling on Saint Lucians to cooperate with the
personnel who will be engaged in the distribution of the light bulbs so that the
project could be completed in the shortest possible time.
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