JPS

JPS Teams Working up to Midnight to Restore Power

January 9, 2017

JPS is advising that its teams will be working up to midnight to restore supply to customers affected by outages. Customers in several communities across the island have been affected by power outages resulting from the extremely windy conditions associated with the cold front affecting the island.

JPS has further indicated that while it is making every effort to restore supply to as many customers as possible tonight, the persisting windy conditions are making restoration difficult and risky for the JPS crews. The abnormal weather conditions have wreaked havoc on the power system, causing trees and heavy branches to fall on lines, resulting in blown transformers, blown fuses and other faults on the system.  JPS assures it customers that all available crews are trying their best to repair the system, despite the challenges.

In light of the persisting conditions, to protect the safety of its workers, JPS will be forced to suspend restoration efforts at midnight and resume at 7:00 o’clock tomorrow, Tuesday, January 10.

In the meantime, customers may experience delays getting through to the Customer Care Centre due to the high volume of calls to the Centre at this time.

JPS apologises for the inconvenience being experienced as a result of the adverse weather conditions and commits to restoring power in the quickest time possible.