- CEO
- J. F. Richard Hew
- Full Time Employees
- 292
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Address
- 457 North Sound Road George Town KY Cayman Islands KY1-1101
- IPO Date
- Sep 11, 1990
- Business
- Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) generates, transmits, and distributes electricity as the sole public utility provider in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; operates an integrated power system with approximately 20 generating units including 17 diesel engines, two gas turbines, and one steam turbine offering a combined capacity of 166 megawatts plus four mobile units at 1.5 megawatts each; maintains a transmission and distribution network comprising eight transformer substations, 387 miles of overhead high-voltage lines, 53.8 miles of underground high-voltage lines, and 14 miles of submarine cable; supports renewable energy integration through the Customer-Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) net billing program, Distributed Energy Resource (DER) self-consumption program, and a power purchase agreement with Bodden Town Solar 1, Ltd.; provides fiber optic infrastructure and information communication technology services to the ICT sector; and delivers 24-hour emergency service to over 34,000 residential and commercial customers from facilities on 28.6 acres in George Town. Founded in 1966 and headquartered at 457 North Sound Road, P.O. Box 38, Grand Cayman, the company serves exclusively within Grand Cayman through one business segment focused on electricity and telecommunications. In 2024, CUC published its inaugural Green Financing Framework, assessed as excellent by Sustainable Fitch and awarded Debt Deal of the Year - Caribbean, raising $50 million in Green Notes to fund energy efficiency, climate change adaptation, and clean transportation projects; invested $100.6 million in capital projects including battery energy storage systems, resiliency upgrades, and generation enhancements for reliability and fuel savings; reached an August 2025 agreement with the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (URCO) to withdraw its prior Certificate of Need filing, recognize hybrid solar-plus-battery as firm capacity, and submit a new plan by September 5, 2025, to meet 2027 demand while supporting URCO's Dispatchable Photovoltaic request for proposals due October 2, 2025; published its first Green Finance Report in November 2025 detailing 2024 fund allocations; and outlined a 2025-2029 Capital Investment Plan with $60 million for grid hardening, $6.6 million for customer energy efficiency, and $2.6 million for low-carbon initiatives targeting a 70% emissions reduction by 2037.