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Rarely do industrial facility energy efficiency managers have the sort of capital project budget that allows them to upgrade all of the poor performing equipment in their facility
General Manager for Loan Origination and Portfolio Management at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Edison Galbraith (left), in conversation with Managing Director at FosRich Company, Cecil Foster, at a recent energy forum, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James.
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Electricity Wheeling Framework Determination Notice
Office of Utilities Regulation
Jamaica Public Service Company Limited
Electricity Wheeling Framework
Determination Notice
July 9, 2013
Abstract
An amendment to the Amended and Restated All-Island Electric, Licence 2011 (the
ABSTRACT
Towards the Domestic Adoption of Wind and Solar Energy Technologies: Assessing Awareness, Knowledge, Attitudes and Predicting Householder Behaviour
Davina W. Gayle
This exploratory study assessed awareness and knowledge levels of Jamaican household heads, their attitude towards microgeneration technologies specifically wind turbines and solar panels, as well as the likelihood of them changing from conventional energy sources to renewable using these technologies.
The diffusion of innovations theory, theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behaviour formed the theoretical framework of the research.
Two hundred household heads living in urban and rural, lower to upper class neighbourhoods, with ages ranging 19 to 85, participated in a KAP survey. Respondents were selected based on a mix of quota, convenience and purposive nonprobability sampling.
The findings showed high awareness levels of microwind turbines and solar panels; low to moderate knowledge levels of these technologies and the renewable energy they generate; generally a favourable attitude towards both; and a modest percentage of household heads indicated the likelihood of installing a wind turbine or solar panel in the near future.
Further research is needed.
It is recommended that although some household heads may be willing to make the change from conventional energy sources to wind and solar powered using microgeneration technologies, intervention is needed from government and civil society, for there to be wide scale behaviour change.
Keywords: Davina W. Gayle; Wind and solar energy technologies; Jamaica
NB: This study was not commissioned by the JSEA, but was intended for the public domain, via organizations such as the JSEA, to help promote the use of Renerwable Energy in Jamaica
Full Document
http://jsea.org.jm/docs/Wind%
The Editor,
THE EDITOR, Sir:
This is an open letter to Local Government Minister Noel Arscott.
I read of your plans to reduce our street-light bill by $1 billion, and I support your effort.
I remind you that under our two recent political regimes, much work was put into establishing and documenting a memorandum of understanding between the local authorities and the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to govern the method of charging for street-light service.
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) was the facilitator, and the Association of Local Government Authorities (ALGA) represented the parish councils in the negotiations.
I suppose JPS would not be averse to you starting all over again, since that would allow them to continue overcharging us.
Minister, the OUR, along with the JPS and surely ALGA, has much information on the way forward. You don’t even have to go that far, as the real workers in your ministry who were party to the deliberations would also have the information.
The document was awaiting the signature of JPS or the ruling of the OUR, and you should be able to bring about a final position shortly.
Please pursue this matter for us, the payers of property tax.
MILTON C. BROWN
Former President, ALGA
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THE EDITOR, Sir:
This is an open letter to Local Government Minister Noel Arscott.
I read of your plans to reduce our street-light bill by $1 billion, and I support your effort.
I remind you that under our two recent political regimes, much work was put into establishing and documenting a memorandum of understanding between the local authorities and the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to govern the method of charging for street-light service.
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) was the facilitator, and the Association of Local Government Authorities (ALGA) represented the parish councils in the negotiations.
I suppose JPS would not be averse to you starting all over again, since that would allow them to continue overcharging us.
Minister, the OUR, along with the JPS and surely ALGA, has much information on the way forward. You don’t even have to go that far, as the real workers in your ministry who were party to the deliberations would also have the information.
The document was awaiting the signature of JPS or the ruling of the OUR, and you should be able to bring about a final position shortly.
Please pursue this matter for us, the payers of property tax.
MILTON C. BROWN
Former President, ALGA
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