(Kingston: Saturday, August 10, 2024/ 12noon) JPS has announced that the number of unrestored customers now stands at 13,712 down from roughly 16,000 a couple days ago. The majority of these are in St. Elizabeth. This, as the company pushes ahead to meet the August 12 restoration deadline for all parishes, excepting St. Elizabeth. Of the almost 38,000 customers in that parish, more than 26,000 already have electricity restored to them, with a balance of over 11,500 due to receive power by August 31.
“As indicated, St. Elizabeth will require sections of the network to do a rebuild – not just a restoration,” the JPS President & CEO, Hugh Grant, emphasized.
Meanwhile, most parishes are nearly completed, except for Manchester, which has little over 1,000 customers awaiting supply. Also of note, is that there are some instances where customers are out due to access issues eg. Firehole in Hanover where 30 customers are unrestored due to a landslide. Another example is in Westphalia in rural St. Andrew, where less than 20 customers are out as JPS utility vehicles cannot access the location. JPS continues to work diligently to resolve these issues.
The total customer base islandwide is 692,000 customers, 98 per cent of which are being served.
JPS thanks customers for their support, patience and understanding at this time, as it works to complete the provision of power to all customers.
