JPS intensifies community engagement with update meetings across St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland

(Kingston – February 12, 2026) Three and a half months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, JPS continues its direct engagement with customers, recently hosting three community meetings in Hodges Land and Park Mountain in St. Elizabeth, and Beeston Spring in Westmoreland.

The meetings provided residents with a comprehensive update on restoration progress and a clear explanation of the work still ahead. To date, 97.5% of customers have been restored. Fewer than 3% or 17,000 customers remain without supply, including approximately 9,000 in Westmoreland and about 6,000 in St. Elizabeth.

The team also explained how electricity is routed to their communities and the complexity of rebuilding critical sections of the grid.

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JPS Delivers on Bethel Town Promise of Emergency Power by Feb. 7

(Kingston, February 8, 2025) JPS has kept its promise to install an Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, by the first week of February. The promise was made by JPS President and CEO, Hugh Grant, on January 25, at the official commissioning of a similar unit for Darliston, also in the Parish. The innovative solution was installed on Friday February 6 and is expected to provide electricity to approximately 850 customers, beginning with essential services and commercial centres before expanding to surrounding communities, in keeping with JPS’ restoration protocol.

Bethel Town and Darliston Customers to Prepare for Power

Vandals destroy JPS transformers earmarked for restoration effort in Westmoreland.

(Kingston, February 3, 2026) JPS has strongly condemned an act of vandalism involving several transformers that were scheduled for installation to support electricity restoration works in Westmoreland.

According to the Company, as part of preparatory work, the transformers were left overnight at a church property in the parish in order to begin restoration the following morning. When JPS teams returned to begin installation, they discovered that the units had been disassembled and copper components removed from their interiors.

The energy company noted that the actions not only damage critical infrastructure but also slow the ``...``