100 additional line workers coming to help with electricity restoration – JPS
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President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Hugh Grant on Monday stated that an additional 100 line workers are to arrive in Jamaica by the end of the week to help speed up the restoration of electricity across the island following Hurricane Melissa.
Grant says the company is also bringing in additional equipment, including more than 50 bucket trucks, to bolster the resources in Jamaica.
On the matter of power restoration, Grant says more customers are back on the grid.
He says the number has climbed to 206,000 customers as of this morning.
This means that just under 55 per cent of the company’s 550,000 customers remain without service.
Grant says 57 per cent of major hospitals now have power.
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