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JPS compensation shorts out Due: $140 million; Paid: $9 million

February 15, 2012

 

 

JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) and National Water Commission (NWC) continue to report high levels of breaches of the guaranteed standards that are supposed to guide the quality of service that they deliver to customers, according to the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR).

In 2010, JPS reported 83,000 breaches, which would have cost the company $140 million if they had to fully compensate customers. Only $9 million of that amount was paid.

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JLP’s Mair to be deputy chair of National Energy Council

February 13, 2012

ENERGY Minister Phillip Paulwell has announced that Opposition Spokesman on Energy Gregory Mair will be named to a National Energy Council that will be set up to preside over a range of developments and concerns relating to energy.

Paulwell, who was addressing an energy forum convened by the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM) at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, described the issue of energy as being too critical for it to be the subject of political squabbles.

Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell in discussion with Executive Director of AMCHAM Becky Stockhausen (left) and AMCHAM

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JPS Can Lighten Burden

February 5, 2012

Productivity improvements could lower electricity costs

A study by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) offers evidence of the performance gap between Jamaica Public Service (JPS) power generation and other domestic power producers; ranks the JPS distribution operations among the least efficient in the region for total distribution losses, non-technical losses and reliability; and places JPS in the group with the highest electricity prices.

At issue is whether modifications to the current operations of JPS and changes to the orientation of regulation could deliver significant short-term benefits by way of lower electricity prices.

The rising cost of electricity is inimical to the interest of consumers and to national growth and development. Hence the generation and distribution of electricity in Jamaica continues to be the focus of intense debate.

While much of this debate has been centred on whether coal or liquefiednatural

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JPS meters are not inaccurate

October 21, 2011

 

THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has said it has found no evidence that the meters installed by light and power company the Jamaica Public Service Limited are in any way inaccurate.

Speaking at a press conference this morning to provide an update on the findings of the probe which was launched at the end of August following widespread public outcry over escalating bills, former Director General of the OUR and lead investigator into the JPS billing system, JP Morgan, said as far as the investigation is concerned the “public can have every confidence” that the new meters are not the source of their problems.

Morgan also pointed out that the investigators unearthed areas of major weaknesses and recommended that they needed to be addressed by the utility company.

Speculations had been that the new meters were the reason for the recent spike in billing costs that customers are experiencing.

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October 20, 2011

THE Government has successfully renegotiated some of the terms of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) electricity licence, the Ministry of Energy and Mining said yesterday.

The new terms of the licence, according to a news release from the ministry, will allow for the implementation of power wheeling, net billing and an increase in the level of renewable energy that can be added to the electric grid without being subjected to competitive tendering, the statement said.

Power wheeling is described in the news release as a self-generator generating electricity at one location and transporting it for use at another location for its own benefit.

The cost for the use of the electric grid and the price to be paid by the self-generator is to be determined by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).

The introduction of net billing will allow JPS customers who produce electricity on a small scale to be paid for the electricity that they supply to the grid.

The licence’s new terms also allow for up to 25 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy generation, up from the previous limit of 15 megawatts, to be added to the grid without the need for competitive tendering.

“These new terms of the JPS’s licence will help Jamaica to achieve its fuel source diversification targets, facilitate investments in energy infrastructure, create employment in green jobs and positively impact the country’s macro-economic objectives,” the energy ministry stated.

The billing practices and policies of the utility company resulted in growing anger and islandwide demonstrations earlier this year.

Last month, Prime Minister Bruce Golding directed the OUR to carry out a detailed analysis of the costs and charges being imposed for electricity supplied by JPS to its customers.

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