Energy Minister Clive Mullings is to summon officials of
the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) and the Office of Utilities
Regulation to a meeting this week.
The meeting is being arranged as part of investigations into the latest controversy surrounding electricity bills issued by the JPSCo.
On Monday, residents of Portmore protested against excessively high bills they have received over the past three months.
Late Monday evening the JPSCo issued an apology to some of its customers who received estimated bills.
The company admitted that the bills were calculated over a 40 day period instead of 30 days and promised that this would be self corrected in next month's bills.
The Energy Minister said he will be calling the meeting to ascertain whether inefficiencies in JPSCo operations may have led to the high bills.
"I gather that they have been running the diesel units which are normally used for peak demand as a base and these prices are going very high and that might have an impact on the bill," said Mr. Mullings.
The meeting is being arranged as part of investigations into the latest controversy surrounding electricity bills issued by the JPSCo.
On Monday, residents of Portmore protested against excessively high bills they have received over the past three months.
Late Monday evening the JPSCo issued an apology to some of its customers who received estimated bills.
The company admitted that the bills were calculated over a 40 day period instead of 30 days and promised that this would be self corrected in next month's bills.
The Energy Minister said he will be calling the meeting to ascertain whether inefficiencies in JPSCo operations may have led to the high bills.
"I gather that they have been running the diesel units which are normally used for peak demand as a base and these prices are going very high and that might have an impact on the bill," said Mr. Mullings.
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