JPS to use Bogue Island facility to help restore electricity in the west
Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 9:26 AM
In an effort to reconnect the remaining 25 per cent of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers who still remain without electricity, especially in the western parts of the island, the sole power company has a plan to use Bogue Island located west of Montego Bay.
Manager for Grid Integration, Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Errington Case, explained this strategy during a daily update meeting, held at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in St Andrew on November 23.
Bogue Island can carry a capacity of about 40 megawatts, and Case said they are currently running a load of 20 megawatts.
According to Case, the plan is to connect Bogue Island to Central and East Island and restore Bogue with Duncans’ 138 kV and/or Rose Hall to Greenwood to Martha Brae to Duncans’ 69 kV to the line to tie the grid.
The estimated time for this to be done is the end of this week.
“We continue to press in terms of our strategy to tie the island’s Bogue Island to the rest of the island and when we tie that Bogue Island, there’s a strategy to get down into the worst-hit areas,” Case explained.
“We have some plans working in Orange Bay, down to our Paradise installation in Westmoreland, and that would see us getting into the heart of Westmoreland with power. That will see Savanna-la-Mar, Great George Police Station recovering supply in some of the areas hardest hit,” he said.
During the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, some 139,500 customers did not lose electricity, while 372,000 persons have had their electricity restored since the hurricane.
“That’s a major accomplishment for us at JPS, to get this far at this stage of the game. That’s huge for us, and we continue to press on,” he said.
Parishes with more than 50 per cent restoration include Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, St Thomas, Clarendon, Manchester, St Mary and Portland.
Case also reported that during the weekend, the Bogue to Orange Bay’s 60kV line brought power back to sections of Hanover and Westmoreland, more specifically, sections of Negril.
- JIS News
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