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JPS promises lower April bills

April 12, 2013

THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says its customers will see a five per cent decrease in their electricity bill this month, despite the continued devaluation of the Jamaican currency.

This decrease, the light and power company said last night, is due to a reduction in the cost of the fuel used to generate electricity.

“Each month, the fuel charge on electricity bills changes, depending on the cost of the oil that JPS and other power-generating companies buy to produce electricity,” JPS said.

“The fuel & IPP cost on bills for April is $24.35 per kWh, compared to the charge of $26.54 per kWh applied to March bills.

“This means that a residential customer who consistently uses 200 kWh will be paying about $400 less for his/her bill this month, compared to what he paid last month. This customer will pay $7,518 for the 200 kWh of electricity used, as against the $7,918.55 that was paid in March for the same usage,” the company said.

The JPS, however, urged customers to continue their conservation efforts as the final bill amount will depend on total electricity used.

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5% reduction on April electricity bills JPS says

April 12, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Despite the continued devaluation of the Jamaican dollar, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers will see an average of five per cent reduction in their electricity bills for April, the power company says.

The decrease, JPS says, is due to a reduction in the cost of the fuel used to generate electricity.

JPS explained that each month the fuel charge on electricity bills changes, depending on the cost of the oil used to produce electricity. The Fuel & IPP Cost on bills for April is $24.35 per kWh, compared to the charge of $26.54 per kWh applied to March bills.

This means that residential customers who consistently use 200 kWh will be paying about $400 less for his bill this month, compared to what was paid last month, JPS said in a release Friday.

This customer will pay $7,518 for the 200 kWh of electricity used, as against the $7,918.55 that was paid in March for the same usage.

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JPS News

5% reduction on April electricity bills JPS says

April 12, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Despite the continued devaluation of the Jamaican dollar, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers will see an average of five per cent reduction in their electricity bills for April, the power company says.

The decrease, JPS says, is due to a reduction in the cost of the fuel used to generate electricity.

JPS explained that each month the fuel charge on electricity bills changes, depending on the cost of the oil used to produce electricity. The Fuel & IPP Cost on bills for April is $24.35 per kWh, compared to the charge of $26.54 per kWh applied to March bills.

This means that residential customers who consistently use 200 kWh will be paying about $400 less for his bill this month, compared to what was paid last month, JPS said in a release Friday.

This customer will pay $7,518 for the 200 kWh of electricity used, as against the $7,918.55 that was paid in March for the same usage.

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Government JPS News

LETTER OF THE DAY – JPS Misses The Point

April 10, 2013

Callum
Callum

THE EDITOR, Sir:

I must thank Winsome Callum of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for her response (‘Don’t mislead the public, Mr Montague’,Gleaner, April 9, 2013) to my calls for her company to share in the sacrifices the whole nation is being called to undertake. The call was made on March 6, 2013 for her company to reduce electricity rates by 10-12 percentage points.

Two recommendations were then made.

1) For JPS to use the recommended Office of Utilities Regulation rates, as contained in the current request for proposal (RFP), for alternative energy solutions. JPS is suggesting a rate of US$0.2672 per kilowatt-hour. If you add the US$0.11 per kilowatt-hour, for transmission and distribution, you would get US$0.3772 per kilowatt-hour. JPS charges approximately, US$0.40 per kilowatt-hour.

A decrease in its rates to match the OUR rates would be welcomed by all JPS customers.

2) The Government was also asked to reduce the so-called guaranteed 17.5 per cent profits. The writer claims there are no such guaranteed profits.

Therefore, could JPS consider publishing the terms and conditions of the licence?

Would the JPS also consider engaging the OUR and see how best it could bring the rates in harmony? Noting that alternative energy solutions are more expensive?

I am well aware that JPS is one of our best corporate and compassionate citizens and will take into account the feeling of merciless exploitation, that many of its customers feel when we get our monthly bills.

I am also heartened by the openness of the company for dialogue and anxiously await an invitation so to do.

In the meantime, all of Jamaica would be so happy if the JPS announce a cut in its rates.

JPS, we are depending on you to help in whatever way you can to advance Jamaica.

ROBERT MONTAGUE

Chairman, JLP

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Government JPS News

LETTER OF THE DAY – JPS Misses The Point

April 10, 2013

Callum
Callum

THE EDITOR, Sir:

I must thank Winsome Callum of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for her response (‘Don’t mislead the public, Mr Montague’,Gleaner, April 9, 2013) to my calls for her company to share in the sacrifices the whole nation is being called to undertake. The call was made on March 6, 2013 for her company to reduce electricity rates by 10-12 percentage points.

Two recommendations were then made.

1) For JPS to use the recommended Office of Utilities Regulation rates, as contained in the current request for proposal (RFP), for alternative energy solutions. JPS is suggesting a rate of US$0.2672 per kilowatt-hour. If you add the US$0.11 per kilowatt-hour, for transmission and distribution, you would get US$0.3772 per kilowatt-hour. JPS charges approximately, US$0.40 per kilowatt-hour.

A decrease in its rates to match the OUR rates would be welcomed by all JPS customers.

2) The Government was also asked to reduce the so-called guaranteed 17.5 per cent profits. The writer claims there are no such guaranteed profits.

Therefore, could JPS consider publishing the terms and conditions of the licence?

Would the JPS also consider engaging the OUR and see how best it could bring the rates in harmony? Noting that alternative energy solutions are more expensive?

I am well aware that JPS is one of our best corporate and compassionate citizens and will take into account the feeling of merciless exploitation, that many of its customers feel when we get our monthly bills.

I am also heartened by the openness of the company for dialogue and anxiously await an invitation so to do.

In the meantime, all of Jamaica would be so happy if the JPS announce a cut in its rates.

JPS, we are depending on you to help in whatever way you can to advance Jamaica.

ROBERT MONTAGUE

Chairman, JLP

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Electricity Government JPS

Work to Begin on 360-Megawatt Capacity Plant This Year

April 8, 2013

 

altGovernor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen inspects the guard of honour before delivering the 2013/14 Throne Speech during the State Opening of Parliament held on Thursday, April 4, at Gordon House.

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says the much anticipated construction of a 360-megawatt electricity capacity plant will commence this calendar year.

 

The Governor General, who was delivering the Throne Speech to mark the opening of the 2013/14 Parliamentary Year at Gordon House on Thursday morning, April 4, said the new facility will replace

Government JPS

Government Determined to Solve Energy Problem

April 8, 2013

 

JPS

JPS Enters Retail Market Selling Customers Products To Cut Energy Cost

April 8, 2013

Kelly Tomblin officially opens the company's first eStore, which sells devices to help monitor, protect and conserve energy.
Kelly Tomblin officially opens the company’s first eStore, which sells devices to help monitor, protect and conserve energy.

Sacha Walters-Gregory, Staff Reporter

National power supplier, Jamaica Public Service (JPS), is relinquishing power to its customers by venturing into retail, with its new e-Store which sells devices designed to cut customers’ energy costs.

“It’s really to put knowledge and information in our customers’ hands. As you look at our products you’ll see that a lot of our products are designed to do just that,” said Kelly Tomblin, president and CEO of JPS, at the official opening of the first store last Thursday.

The power company, often dogged by customers’ complaints of high energy costs, is selling devices to save energy, protect electrical equipment and monitor electricity usage, which will ultimately allow consumers to reduce energy consumption.

Located at the power company’s Ruthven Road Customer Service Office, at 23 Ruthven Road, St Andrew, the store is one of four stores to be opened this year.

“The products really help our customers to say, this costs me that and unfortunately when you get a bill at the end of the month for activity done throughout that month there’s nothing you can do about it at that time, but we’re going to give them information along the way so they can afford that energy bill and then after that we’re going to talk about how you decrease your usage,” said Tomblin. She further explained that energy conservation needs to be more relevant to customers.

REAL CONSERVATION

“The reason we believe that these kind of products and stores are necessary is that we’re finding although we give conservation a lot of lip service we haven’t got passionate about it. I think it’s because we haven’t made it real, conservation and show a bill before and after. So we’re hoping that along with the government we can lead the way to show real decreases in energy prices,” she said.

One of the products available in the store is the Digital Energy Timer, invented locally, which can be attached to a variety of electrical devices, allowing owners to automatically turn these devices off when not in use by way of a timer or by way of the Internet. It can be applied on a small scale in homes or larger scale in businesses. According to a release from the company, “the timer, which also comes with an energy meter that measures power consumed, can be installed at distribution panels, electrical enclosures and specific zone areas and is particularly useful in determining energy usage of one section of a factory or a tenant in a rental situation. ”

Other products include LED lights which can reduce energy costs by approximately $3,000 per bulb per year; an Energy Saving Kit ($2,900 including GCT), which includes a low-flow shower head that allows you to use 0.5 less gallons of water, a timer to alert you when you’ve reached the optimal time for a shower, a sensored night light and three energy-efficient bulbs and surge protector devices.

Customers can also access the devices available at the eStore, at JPS branches islandwide.

sacha.walters@gleanerjm.com)

Electricity JPS News

LETTER OF THE DAY – Energy Consumers Cry For Help

April 5, 2013

THE EDITOR, Sir:

IT IS with deep regret that I complain the nth time about the Jamaica Public ‘Scalping’ Co. Mr Editor, the five of us have scaled down by now living in much smaller accommodations since our children no longer live with us, and we have adjusted to pensions and far less space and equipment.

In 2011, my light bill was $4,000, plus a month. In 2012, I moved to a one-bedroom apartment and the bill came to $7,500, plus a month and I use the same old computer, television, radio, washing machine, and small refrigerator. The five of us fussed, decided against lying down on the steps of JPS, New Kingston, and planned to further cut our energy usage. We cut the use of fans, cut the time on the heater, cut out the microwave, plugged out the refrigerator and other plugged-in equipment when we leave the house. Three of us cut the cable service for it had moved up from $3,000 a month for seniors. The hurtful part of this is our having to watch the same two stations with the very same news.

Anyway, we received our new ‘JPScalp bill’, and we are all devastated because we tried to cut. Our bills have moved from $7,000, $8,000, $9,000 to $11,000, $14,000, $16,000, plus a month, and we all have to pay by April 12. This is outrageous and we are sitting ducks!

We have served our time very well, and we should not be fleeced in this manner. Is there any court that will address us? There’s a little water settling on my brain at this time, so I’m breaking away from the others by not going to any of the old basins like OUR and HPA (Hear Paulwell Announce).

Mr Editor, how can I find Mr Michael Williams, if he has any gas left in him? What can we do by now and the 12th of April to relieve us of the taxation being imposed by these private barons of serfdom? Have you seen what the supermarket owners and the merchants are doing with the markup of old items? HELP!

MILLS BLAKE

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Electricity JPS News

LETTER OF THE DAY – Energy Consumers Cry For Help

April 5, 2013

THE EDITOR, Sir:

IT IS with deep regret that I complain the nth time about the Jamaica Public ‘Scalping’ Co. Mr Editor, the five of us have scaled down by now living in much smaller accommodations since our children no longer live with us, and we have adjusted to pensions and far less space and equipment.

In 2011, my light bill was $4,000, plus a month. In 2012, I moved to a one-bedroom apartment and the bill came to $7,500, plus a month and I use the same old computer, television, radio, washing machine, and small refrigerator. The five of us fussed, decided against lying down on the steps of JPS, New Kingston, and planned to further cut our energy usage. We cut the use of fans, cut the time on the heater, cut out the microwave, plugged out the refrigerator and other plugged-in equipment when we leave the house. Three of us cut the cable service for it had moved up from $3,000 a month for seniors. The hurtful part of this is our having to watch the same two stations with the very same news.

Anyway, we received our new ‘JPScalp bill’, and we are all devastated because we tried to cut. Our bills have moved from $7,000, $8,000, $9,000 to $11,000, $14,000, $16,000, plus a month, and we all have to pay by April 12. This is outrageous and we are sitting ducks!

We have served our time very well, and we should not be fleeced in this manner. Is there any court that will address us? There’s a little water settling on my brain at this time, so I’m breaking away from the others by not going to any of the old basins like OUR and HPA (Hear Paulwell Announce).

Mr Editor, how can I find Mr Michael Williams, if he has any gas left in him? What can we do by now and the 12th of April to relieve us of the taxation being imposed by these private barons of serfdom? Have you seen what the supermarket owners and the merchants are doing with the markup of old items? HELP!

MILLS BLAKE

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