Jamaica Public Service Outage: Kingston (Resolved)

Incident details

(Kingston January 13, 2025) JPS is currently undertaking extensive rebuilding works to restore electricity to the Roaring River National Water Commission (NWC) Pump, which supplies water to approximately 50,000 Westmoreland residents. The energization of the lines leading to the pump is also expected to restore power to more than 1,700 JPS customers across sections of Westmoreland. JPS President & CEO, Hugh Grant, said the company is giving top priority to the restoration of power to the Roaring River Pump because of the significance of this facility to the parish of Westmoreland. “We understand the inconvenience and potential health challenges caused by the absence of water. While relatively few JPS customers will be restored despite the extensive work being done here, the greater benefit lies in getting water to the residents. This is consistent with our restoration strategy of giving priority to critical services such as water, hospitals, and telecommunication,” he said. The effort involves the rebuilding of over 10 miles of electricity lines from the power source at the JPS Paradise substation to NWC’s Roaring River pump. “Several roadways were washed away and others were left