trinidad and tobago electricity commission type state owned enterprise industry electric utilities founded 1946 headquarters port of spain trinidad trinidad and tobago area served republic of trinidad and tobago key people kelvin ramsook general manager products electricity transmission and distribution website www.ttec.co.tt trinidad and tobago electricity commission t & tec is the sole retailer of electricity in trinidad and tobago . it is responsible for the design construction operation and maintenance of the country s electrical transmission and distribution network . the utility supplies electric power to customers on both islands via a single interconnected grid . electrical energy is widely been purchased metered and feed into the national grid from independent power producers . these producers are the power generation company of trinidad and tobago powergen giving a total of 1 344 mw trinity power ltd. giving 225 mw and trinidad generation unlimited tgu giving 720mw . all power stations in trinidad and tobago are fueled by hydrocarbons . t & tec was formed in 1946 after the merger of independent companies . it supplies over a million residential municipal commercial and industrial customers . in 2006 the united states based mirant corporation facing a severe financial situation announced that part of mirant s restructuring efforts includes the intent to sell off their part ownership of powergen . following that announcement the government of trinidad and tobago placed the overall structure of t & tec and powergen under review for future possible amalgamation . the companies t & tec mirant and bp currently owns 51 % 39 % and 10 % of the powergen company respectively . 1 any possible termination of the mirant now genon stake is seen as opportunity to simplify the structure and relationship between the t & tec and powergen companies . in october 2009 the cove power station owned by t & tec and on the smaller island of tobago was put into operation . this 64 mw natural gas or diesel power plant will reduce transmission losses on electric power transmission underground marine cables between the islands in addition to upgrading bulk power to tobago previously provided by t & tec s old 21 mw scarborough power station which only used diesel fuel . see also edit water and sewerage authority please update data in this site . there are 5 generation facilities in trinidad there is 1 in tobago references edit 1 this trinidad and tobago article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trinidad and tobago electricity commission & oldid 722684591 categories power companies of trinidad and tobagotrinidad and tobago stubsenergy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 may 2016 at 16 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view