Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has an­nounced that vet­er­an en­gi­neer and ex­ec­u­tive Ian Ram­rat­tan will be the new gen­er­al man­ag­er of the T&T Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC). Ram­rat­tan is ex­pect­ed to as­sume the role be­fore the end of the year.

Padarath made the an­nounce­ment dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing in the diplo­mat­ic lounge at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port to­day, as he over­saw the de­par­ture of 25 T&TEC work­ers to Ja­maica to as­sist in re­cov­ery ef­forts there fol­low­ing Hur­ri­cane Melis­sa.

He said Ram­rat­tan is ex­pect­ed to take of­fice by De­cem­ber 1.