JPS to provide $50M in light bill support to some St Elizabeth residents
Published:Thursday | August 15, 2024 | 11:03 AM
President and Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), Hugh Grant, has announced $50 million in electricity bill support to 10 thousand of the company's customers who are still without power in St Elizabeth.
He said the funds would be credited to customer's accounts.
“We are giving over $50 million towards the electricity bills of the approximately 10,000 customers in St Elizabeth who are still without electricity. Each of these customers will receive $5,000 towards their bill. This will be reflected as a credit on their bills,” Grant added.
Grant said the JPS is also working to meet its August 31 deadline to restore electricity to the 10,000 customers.
Speaking at a press conference at the Bethlehem Moravian College in St Elizabeth on Thursday, Grant said electricity has been restored to more than 27, 000 of the approximately 38,000 customers in that south western parish.
“Our aim is to get electricity back for every customer here in St Elizabeth in a safe and timely manner and we are deploying resources from other parishes,” the JPS president and CEO said.
He said additional personnel from overseas are on the ground in the parish rebuilding the network and replacing damaged power lines, poles and transformers.
Following the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 3 frustrated residents have blocked the roads several times demanding that the JPS restore their electricity.
Grant said his company understands the frustration and inconvenience caused by the lack of power supply.
“We feel the pain also, we understand the frustration, we understand the inconvenience. We understand the pain caused by the lack of power. We know how important electricity is to the lives of each and every one,” he stated.
- Albert Ferguson
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