21st
January 2010
The Caribbean
Electric Utility Service Cooperation (CARILEC)
Pledges Support to Haiti
CARILEC,
the association of Caribbean Electric Utilities
and their vending partners pledge to support
the restoration efforts in Haiti in the aftermath
of Tuesday’s earthquake. Since the disaster,
the CARILEC Board of Directors have been in
conference calls, deliberating on the best way
to offer assistance to the devastated island.
EDF Martinique, a CARILEC member, has already
deployed two people to Haiti as part of a larger
French delegation to assist in the restoration
of electricity.
In Today’s meeting of the executive committee
it was agreed that despite the fact that Haiti
was not a member of CARILEC the association
must make a meaningful contribution to the country’s
recovery.
CARILEC’s Chairman Mr. Vernon Lawrence,
in a brief statement this morning, declared
that the association feels compelled to assist
Haiti by means of financial, technical and other
support. “CARILEC is no stranger to assisting
regional utilities with restoration” he
said. We are liaising with CDMA and Caricom
to find a secure and effective organization
through which to coordinate relief to Haiti.
In the meantime we have setup a fund to which
all members can make monetary donations. Following
the assessment and recommendations from the
CDMA and Caricom, we will mobilize these resources
in the execution of a suitable plan”.
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