4th Growth and Resilience Dialogue with Social Partners Presentation

St. Lucia Overview of Electricity Generation and Policy Environment

Installed Capacity and Potential 1

Overview of Generation Expansion Plan 2 According to St. Lucia’s National Energy Transition Strategy (NETS) and Integrated Resource Plan (2017), the expansion scenario that will offer the greatest economic benefit by 2025 is:

Total Installed Capacity

91.4 MW 88.4 MW

Diesel (utility-owned) Solar (utility-owned)

3 MW

• Solar : up to 31 MW

Renewable Energy Potential

106 MW 40 MW 36 MW 30 MW

• Wind (utility-owned): 12 MW

Wind Solar

• Storage : 14 MWh of (providing a maximum of 42 MW of instantaneous power)

• Energy efficiency : displacing 11% of current load

Geothermal

Hydro

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The analysis shows that scenarios with highest level of utility ownership lead to lowest electricity tariffs.

Biomass

Renewable Energy Target

35% by 2022

Renewable Energy Support Mechanisms 3

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Energy Policy and Energy Action Plan

Finalized

National Utilities Regulatory Commission (NURC) – established in 2016

Independent electricity regulator

Net metering/net billing

Available

Interconnection policy/standards

Standards set

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Feed-in-tariff

Not available

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Independent power production

Allowed only for renewable generation

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Resource mapping

RMI completed an Integrated Resource Plan in