Tag: rep

Electricity Coverage in Jamaica close to 100%
All, Jamaica News

Electricity Coverage in Jamaica close to 100%

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says electricity coverage across Jamaica currently stands at approximately 97.5 per cent. Speaking at the St. Andrew Rotary Club’s 2012/13 installation banquet held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, Mr. Paulwell said the high level of coverage is a significant achievement when compared to “some countries with huge oil deposits that are nowhere near that figure”. He said the success is partly attributable to the Government’s Rural Electrification Programme (REP), which has facilitated the provision of electricity to some 74,000 homes, since its inception in 1975. He informed that some 32,000 homes received electricity within the last decade. Noting that nearly one-third of all Jamaicans were without ...