Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) has won two of the top awards at the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) 2012 Benchmarking Awards.

The award for Best Performance in Transmission and Distribution Services won by CUC was given based on CUC’s regional leading performance in efficiency, productivity, reliability and cost effectiveness. The second award won by CUC was for Best in Performance in Commercialization Services and was based on customer service quality, cost effectiveness and productivity. Participants were evaluated for these awards based on their performances in the

2012 Traditional Benchmark Study.

Mr. Robert Whorms, Manager Electrical Maintenance department was on hand to accept the awards at the 2013 CARILEC Engineering and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Conference held in Trinidad and Tobago. He stated, “It was indeed an honour to accept the awards on behalf of CUC and I am delighted that we received this recognition for our accomplishments. These awards are testament to the hard work our employees are doing to ensure that our company is ranked among the best when measured against our peers. Our customers and shareholders can feel proud of CUC’s corporate initiatives and resulting performance within the region.”

For the past two years the Benchmarking Awards have been given to encourage regional electricity utilities to improve their standards to match those of other international industries.

CUC is apart of CARILEC which is an association of electric utilities, suppliers, manufactures and other stakeholders operating in the electricity industry in the Caribbean. It comprises a total of eighty eight members who are Electric Utilities Members, Associate Members or Affiliate Members.

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Caption: CUC’s Manager, Electrical Maintenance, Mr. Robert Whorms accepting one of the two awards from Mr. Thornley Myers, Chairman of CARILEC.