JPS restores power to 500,000 customers after islandwide outage

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has again described the islandwide loss of electricity, blamed on a breakdown in Jamaica Public Service systems last night, as unacceptable.

Vaz said that by 5am on Saturday, June 6, roughly 500,000 JPS customers in every parish had been reconnected to electricity. He also indicated that service should be returned to the remaining customers later Saturday morning.

The minister said an emergency media conference would be held on Saturday. JPS later updated the schedule, saying the meeting had been moved to 2pm at its head office in New Kingston, with the press briefing to follow at 3pm.