Arthur Hall, Senior News Editor
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is imploring the government to speedily make a decision on which entity will be given the job of supplying the country with 360 megawatts (MW) of power to replace the aged and inefficient generating plants now operating.
The company is one of four bidders for the right to supply the electricity based on a request for proposals issued by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).
The OUR is expected to make its selection and recommendation to the Cabinet within the next 30 days.
Move now
But even as the OUR continues its deliberations and seek clarifications from bidders, JPS President and CEO Kelly Tomblin is urging the State to move now to get the ball rolling.
“At this point we are desperate for lower energy prices, and if we (JPS) are not going to be the entity that builds it, let somebody else build it,” Tomblin told