The Jamaica Public Service Company has reported that electricity has been restored to nearly 80 per cent of its customer base.
This update comes more than a month after hurricane Melissa slammed into the island, destroying several Jamaica Public Service Company sites.
In an email to its customers on the weekend, JPS said it has been making progress in its restoration exercise with the help of work crews from overseas.
Winsome Callum, the company's Corporate Communications Director, revealed on Monday that electricity has been restored to 79 per cent of its customers, 97 per cent of major hospitals and 76 per cent of National Water Commission water pumps.
She is cautioning that it will take some time for some customers to receive electricity as the damage to the infrastructure in their communities was extensive.
The utility company says as a result of the damage, it has been forced to redesign and rebuild the entire section of its network in these communities.
Last week, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz warned that electricity will not return to some communities until February next year.
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