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JPS Monopoly Will Go – Paulwell

Phillip Paulwell addresses the media at a Jamaica House media briefing on October 3. - Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer
Phillip Paulwell addresses the media at a Jamaica House media briefing on October 3. – Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer

Minister says plan to get other players into the electricity sector still on track despite LNG deal

Arthur Hall, Senior News Editor

Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell has underscored his intention to break up the Jamaica Public Service‘s (JPS) monopoly on the transmission and distribution of electricity, even as concerns grow that the company has been given a greater control of the sector.

Several concerns have been aired since Tuesday when Paulwell announced that the Government has decided – as reported by