{"id":811362,"date":"2025-12-19T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/?page_id=811362"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:13:52","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-815704\" src=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--2048x1024.png 2048w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Awards-Banner--600x300.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For over three decades, CARILEC\u2019s members have powered communities, strengthened resilience, advanced innovation, and shaped the future of the Caribbean energy sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CARILEC Awards of Excellence were created to recognize, celebrate, and inspire excellence, highlighting the outstanding achievements of utilities, and partners whose work makes a lasting impact on the region.\u00a0These awards honour innovation, reliability, community leadership, resilience, sustainability, safety, and partnership, all critical pillars of a modern and future-ready electricity sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why the CARILEC Awards of Excellence Matter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The inaugural CARILEC Awards:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Encourage continuous improvement and high performance<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen collaboration and knowledge-sharing<\/li>\n<li>Recognize leadership and best practices across the region<\/li>\n<li>Inspire innovation and sustainable development<\/li>\n<li>Celebrate organizations and teams going \u201cabove and beyond\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By establishing clear performance benchmarks, the awards help elevate industry standards while ensuring customers and communities benefit from safe, reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CARILEC Awards Categories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The inaugural CARILEC Awards of Excellence will issue awards in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Best Performing Utility Award<\/li>\n<li>CARILEC Community Leader Award<\/li>\n<li>Utility Resilience &amp; Disaster Preparedness Award<\/li>\n<li>Lineworker Safety &amp; Skill Award<\/li>\n<li>Sponsorship Excellence Award \u2013 Large Events<\/li>\n<li>Sponsorship Excellence Award \u2013 Special Events<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Generation Award (IPPs)<\/li>\n<li>Corporate Social Responsibility Award<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Safety Award<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Winners of the CARILEC Awards of Excellence will be selected based primarily on verified data submitted by utilities and members throughout the calendar year. The evaluation process is grounded in measurable performance indicators, documented participation, and official submissions to CARILEC platforms, including\u00a0CARILEC Automated Utility Benchmarking Platform (CAUBP) data,\u00a0Quarterly Tariff Survey submissions and event participation records and contributions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This data-driven approach ensures that award selections are objective, transparent, and reflective of actual performance and engagement over the observation period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Utilities that have not submitted relevant data during the year may be required to provide comparable supporting documentation within the designated submission window to be considered for applicable categories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-695407cd-d0bc-832c-bdfe-35c6ba0a6218-41\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"06267125-ba3b-48f8-89f6-4f39d88e253a\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"437\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Applications are now invited for the categories of Excellence in Safety and Best Performing Utility under the CARILEC Awards of Excellence. Utilities that may not have submitted the required performance data throughout 2025 are still encouraged to participate and may do so by submitting the necessary supporting documentation for assessment. Follow the links below to complete your application and be considered for recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/share\/bc0045e6-b5a7-4ae4-8dcf-a6d945b22b93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-819642 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-1.png 940w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-1-600x503.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/share\/f51266c0-61b5-4fac-8085-8c496de53608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-819643 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility.png 940w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Best-Performing-Utility-600x503.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over three decades, CARILEC\u2019s members have powered communities, strengthened resilience, advanced innovation, and shaped the future of the Caribbean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-811362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}