Jamaica Public Service Outage: Kingston (Resolved)

Incident details

(KINGSTON – Wednesday, December 18, 2025): Over the past two days, JPS welcomed more than 100 additional line workers from the US and Canada, as part of its continued efforts to accelerate electricity restoration for customers impacted by the unprecedented Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. On Monday, over 60 line workers from the recently contracted company, Greystone Utility Services of Canada, arrived in the island. On Tuesday, another set of over 40 line workers from Tempest Energy landed, joining their colleagues – some of whom have been in Jamaica from just before the hurricane. These arriving teams represent a significant boost in field resources focused on repairing and rebuilding damaged electricity infrastructure, now mainly in the hardest-hit western parishes. The new line workers are being immediately deployed to join the restoration teams in these parishes. Another contingent of workers from Greystone arrives in the island tonight. Approximately 180 Greystone personnel in total are expected in the country this week. Together with the Tempest crews, which now total approximately 210, these teams will work alongside local JPS personnel and contractors to accelerate restoratio