The Government is moving to implement measures to cut the cost of electricity in the public sector with the aim of realising savings of $2 billion a year.
Customers of
THE Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), has appointed Kelly Tomblin as the new president and CEO of the light and power company effective today.
The appointment comes almost four months after Damian Obiglio
Close to five months after its president and chief executive officer resigned, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has found a new head.
Shelly Tomlin, a corporate lawyer out of the United States, is to become the new president and CEO of the light and power company.
The former president and CEO, Damian Obiglio, resigned in November last year after a five-year stint with
THE ongoing debate about the rising cost of electricity has gone viral.
Yesterday, a full-page advertisement was taken out in the Sunday Observer, which asked people to join a Facebook initiative called Fight For Your Light, which gives Jamaicans a forum to express their frustration against high electricity bills and to mobilise support to break the monopoly on the distribution of electricity.
Today, the fight was taken further when telecommunications giant Digicel tweeted,
AT LEAST two key industry players say there is no time for delay in the implementation of policy or other measures to
CLAIMING he was distressed at the price of electricity at US 40 cents per kilowatt-hour, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell said he is determined to ensure the full liberalisation of the energy sector to help drive down the electricity costs.
Speaking at a function in Kingston yesterday, Paulwell said that he was not prepared to wait on the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) three-year plan to bring down the cost of electricity to the consumer.
“I believe we have to free up the system. We have to liberalise. We have to enable the private sector with their R&D (research and development) to decide on the best technology for Jamaica at this time,” Paulwell stated.
The liberalisation of the market will not happen by “sitting around and waiting on a plan from JPS that in three years’ time we are going to do so and so”, the minister noted.
“It is when you unleash the spirit of competition, the vibrancy of the market, allow our consumers to finally become the rulers when it comes to energy,” he said.
Earlier this month, the JPS
Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Mining and Energy
Anastasia Cunningham,
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) revealed details of its plans to reduce the cost of electricity by 32 to 40%, through the building of a new power plant in Old Harbour Bay.
Jamaica Public Service Co. building in New Kingston -File.
Livern Barrett, Gleaner Writer
After months of mounting criticism about the high cost of electricity, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), will today outline plans to reduce energy costs.
The announcement will come at a press conference scheduled for 10 a.m. today, at the company