Protecting People, Communities and Business Safety has always been a core value for the utilities industry. Now in the face of a global pandemic, ensuring that critical lifeline services are not interrupted has created an unprecedented challenge. The near-term decisions utility leaders make today to protect their employees, communities and business from COVID-19, will undoubtedly […]
April 27, 2020 Today (April 27), JPS major shareholder, East West Power Korea (EWP) donated two diagnostic machines and 7,500 testing kits for COVID-19, through the JPS Foundation, to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The gift will improve the UHWI’s testing capacity from 200 per day to 986 per day – a […]
On Friday (April 24), JPS handed over several care packages for the disabled, to assist them during the COVID-19 crisis. The gift was presented to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities – an agency of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, at the ministry’s Marcus Garvey Drive warehouse in Kingston. Speaking at the handover, […]
April 23, 2020 Applications for support under JPS’ COVID-19 Relief Programme for elderly and disabled customers, will close at 12 midnight tomorrow, Friday April 24. The Company’s J$10M COVID-19 Relief Programme, which was announced at the end of February during JPS’ Digital Town Hall meeting, offered bill-payment relief as well as care packages to our customers in […]
April 21, 2020 JPS is reporting that the Company has seen an overall decrease in the consumption of electricity by approximately 2.5% for the month of March. However, the residential customer category has increased its consumption of electricity since the start of the COVID19 outbreak by about 3% overall, very likely due to the fact […]
JPS Helps provide Transportation for Health Workers – collaboration with Health Ministry and JUTA Energy Company JPS, in partnership with JUTA Tours, has stepped in to assist with the transportation of health workers to and from 4 major hospitals in the South East Regional Health area, for the next 6 weeks. JPS’ (early) donation of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FortisTCI Announces Measures to Support Customers in Light of Coronavirus Pandemic Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (Friday, March 27, 2020) – FortisTCI has announced that the company will be implementing measures to assist customers in alleviating hardships that may be experienced as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic. Effective immediately, […]
JPS Pledges $45 MILLION COVID Assistance Package Boost for Jamaica’s Health Sector and Vulnerable JPS Customers March 28, 2020 The nation’s power provider JPS, today (March 28) announced a $45Million assistance package to help in the fight against COVID-19 and to bring relief to members of the disabled community and the elderly. The announcement was […]