Power being restored to more homes

An additional 7,000 Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers will have their power reinstated over the next two weeks, according to Hugh Grant, the company's president and CEO.

"This will reduce the number of customers without power to fewer than 10,000 by the end of February," said Grant, who was addressing Wednesday's post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House,. He gave an update on the JPS restoration efforts following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Grant informed that 95 per cent of customers without power are primarily in the parishes of Westmoreland and St Elizabeth.

"Our target is to have customers in those parishes who are able to receive service to have access to the grid between March and April of 2026," Grant indicated.

"I want to emphasise the ability to receive service because based on surveys we have done and through partnership with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, we have identified that approximately 40 per cent of the remaining customers are not yet ready to receive power due to damage to their property and electrical infrastructure," he said.

He noted that electricity cannot be restored safely until those issues are addressed.