Pressure is now mounting for the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to have power restored to Jamaicans still without electricity after the power company missed yesterday’s deadline (August 12) for full restoration of electricity to customers island-wide, except St. Elizabeth.

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is set to meet with representatives from the company today (August 13) and has requested for the JPS to provide a written report of the status of compliance with its directive for the company to restore electricity to 100 per cent of its customers by Monday.

The regulator said it will review JPS’s response and the outcome of its own surveillance or monitoring activities to determine the next steps.

Should JPS not comply with the directive given by the OUR within the time specified, the company could be liable to enforcement action under Section 9 of the Office of Utilities Regulation Act to pay a fine not exceeding two million dollars.

Last Thursday (August 8), JPS announced that it was on track to meet Monday’s (August 12) deadline, excluding St. Elizabeth, which has a restoration date of August 31.

However, up to Friday (August 9), some 13,712 customers were still without electricity, most of whom were in St. Elizabeth. JPS has noted accessibility issues that have prevented power restoration for some customers in Hanover and St. Andrew.