The Office of Utilities Regulation regulates the electricity sector in Jamaica, which includes the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) and other Independent Power Producers (IPPs).
JPS and IPPs are regulated by the OUR through the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2015 and the Electricity Licence, 2016. New legislation, the Electricity Act, 2015, was introduced effective 2015 August 27.
This law repeals the Electric Lighting Act, the Electricity (Frequency Conversion) Act and Electricity Development Act, which previously governed the electricity sector. It also consolidates and modernizes the laws relating to the generation, transmission, distribution, supply, dispatch and use of electricity, and for connected matters.
The Electricity Licence, 2016 was issued effective 2016 January 27 and replaced the Amended and Restated All-Island Electric Licence, 2011.

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Net Billing/Standard Offer Contract (SOC) Rate for the Month of 2017 February

Electricity, Net Billing

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Net Billing/Standard Offer Contract (SOC) Rate for the Month of 2017 January

Electricity, Net Billing

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Jamaica Natural Gas Conference 2017 – Registration, Sponsorship

Electricity, Media Centre, Publications

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JPS submits 2017 annual tariff adjustment proposal

Electricity, Tariff Applications

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2016 August 27 Outage Report – investigation on ELECTRICITY SYSTEM TOTAL SHUTDOWN

Electricity, Reports and Findings

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Guidelines on the Resolution of Regulatory Disputes Between Licensees in Regulated Sectors – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Electricity, Guidelines, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Water & Sewerage

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