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.
Electricity Disaster Fund: Rules Procedure for Operation and Administration 2008
READ MORE OUR’s Enquiry Report into JPS Shutdown July 3, 2007 – December 2007
Electricity, Reports and Findings
READ MORE Declaratory Order advising JPS its obligation refund fuel charges over or under-recovered during period August 1993 December 1998, is now closed matter 2007
Electricity, Reports and Findings
READ MORE Declaratory Order Advising JPS its Obligation Refund/Collect Fuel Charges Over/Under-Recovered is Closed – 2007
Decisions and Regulations, Electricity
READ MORE Electricity Disaster Fund – Rules Procedure Operation Administration 2007
Electricity, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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