The St. Kitts and Nevis federal government has approved several proposals in relation to public utilities in St. Kitts, more specifically electricity and water availability.
This was announced in the form of a Post Cabinet Briefing on Tuesday, January 17th, following a meeting of the cabinet on Monday, January 16th, under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew.
One initiative to be undertaken is providing financial assistance to the St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. (SKELEC) to procure rental power generation capacity of an additional 6 Megawatts (6 MW). Speaking on this was Federal Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Marcus Natta:
Dr. Natta also spoke on the approval for the construction of a 3 million gallon per day, Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant:
