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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

 

Government News

CLARITY NEEDED ON GASOLENE TAX

April 5, 2013

PROFESSOR Rosalea Hamilton, head of the MSME (micro, small and medium-sized enterprises) Alliance, is calling for clarity on Wednesday’s implementation of an increase in gas tax.

“The ripple effect of this tax is devastating, as it affects all sectors. Therefore, more clarity and transparency are required on how it is being applied,” Hamilton told Auto.

HAMILTON… the ripple effect of this tax is devastating, as it affects all

Hamilton said with this week’s increase in fuel prices, a representative of the state-run refinery Petrojam should explain how the new tax is applied.

“It’s the responsibility of the people who have the authority to make these decisions to properly inform the public. They are to say, very clearly, that in addition to the US Gulf reference price and movement of the American dollar, we now have a tax of whatever the figure is so that we’re all clear,” she said.

According to Petrojam’s weekly billing prices, the price of gasolene went up on Wednesday by $2.31 per litre, while the price of diesel rose by $2.50 per litre.

The professor said this situation compounds an existing problem of Petrojam’s pricing formula “which is not transparent”.

However, in confirming the application of the new tax on fuel prices on Wednesday, Winston Watson, managing director of Petrojam, said: “The tax was applied and the effect was minimal. The tax is a like-for-like replacement.”

Watson explained that the Government had replaced the Custom User Fee (CUF)

Government News

CLARITY NEEDED ON GASOLENE TAX

April 5, 2013

PROFESSOR Rosalea Hamilton, head of the MSME (micro, small and medium-sized enterprises) Alliance, is calling for clarity on Wednesday’s implementation of an increase in gas tax.

“The ripple effect of this tax is devastating, as it affects all sectors. Therefore, more clarity and transparency are required on how it is being applied,” Hamilton told Auto.

HAMILTON… the ripple effect of this tax is devastating, as it affects all

Hamilton said with this week’s increase in fuel prices, a representative of the state-run refinery Petrojam should explain how the new tax is applied.

“It’s the responsibility of the people who have the authority to make these decisions to properly inform the public. They are to say, very clearly, that in addition to the US Gulf reference price and movement of the American dollar, we now have a tax of whatever the figure is so that we’re all clear,” she said.

According to Petrojam’s weekly billing prices, the price of gasolene went up on Wednesday by $2.31 per litre, while the price of diesel rose by $2.50 per litre.

The professor said this situation compounds an existing problem of Petrojam’s pricing formula “which is not transparent”.

However, in confirming the application of the new tax on fuel prices on Wednesday, Winston Watson, managing director of Petrojam, said: “The tax was applied and the effect was minimal. The tax is a like-for-like replacement.”

Watson explained that the Government had replaced the Custom User Fee (CUF)

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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Government News

Behavioural Changes Critical to Reduce Energy Usage – Minister Paulwell

April 2, 2013

 

altMinister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), addressing the energy efficiency and conservation workshop for the Ministry and its agencies at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on March 27. Looking on is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Hillary Alexander.

 

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says individual behavioural changes are critical in the fight to conserve energy and reduce the country

Alternative Energy Electricity Government News

Government To Pursue Multimillion Dollar Hydropower Project

April 2, 2013

Energy minister Phillip Paulwell
Energy minister Phillip Paulwell

Energy minister Phillip Paulwell has announced that his ministry will be partnering with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) to undertake a $109 million feasibility project at five potential hydropower sites.

The work is being carried out as part of the Energy Security and Efficiency Enhancement Project, which is being funded through a 2011 loan agreement between the Government and the World Bank.

Under the agreement the World Bank has provided US$15 million to finance initiatives to increase Jamaica‘s energy efficiency and improve energy security.

Of this amount, $2.5 million has been allocated to the implementation of the hydro project.

The sites selected to participate in the project are the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine, Morgan and Negro rivers in St. Thomas, Martha Brae River in Trelawny and Spanish River in Portland.

Paulwell has described the project as significant to his Ministry’s larger plan to develop Jamaica’s renewable energy industry.

The project will be carried out by SP Studio Pietrangeli, an Italian consulting engineering services firm.

Work is scheduled to continue until August 2014.

The Government has committed to having renewable sources supplying at least 20 per cent of Jamaica’s energy supply by 2030.

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