Old Harbour listed for JPS power outage next week

The planned outage will also affect neighbouring Clarendon communities with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) advising that it must undertake urgent and critical repairs at its Rhoden’s Pen Substation in Old Harbour, St. Catherine.

The repairs are necessary to address defects which can result in a vast and potentially prolonged outage, the company stated in an advisory on its website.

In an effort to reduce the effect on the homeschooling population in this section of St. Catherine, the repair outage will take place from 5:00 am to 10:00 am, on the morning of Tuesday October 20, noted the utility provider.

“It is our hope, that by shifting the time and giving a longer notice period that parents, teachers and children will be better prepared for the outage.  We want to facilitate any pre-planning and advanced work assignments, as far as possible.  We appreciate the challenges of our times and are trying to do our best to balance the need to keep the network up on the one hand, with our customers’ need for this vital commodity on the other hand,” said Director of Distribution Operations, Roger Kennedy.

Sections of St. Catherine to be impacted are: New Harbour Village 1, 2 and 3, Bushy Park, Gutters, Nightingale Grove, Old Harbour Village, Rhoden’s Pen, Spring Village, Rhodens Pen, Abbot Heights, Bamboo Ridge, Bannister, Bartons, Bellas Gate, Bellefield, Bodles, Bois, Browns Hall, Bellfield, Bullett Tree, Colbeck, Content, Cudjoe Hill, Free Town, Ginger Ridge, Goldmine, Green Bottom, Inverness, Macca Tree, Marlie Hill, Old Harbour Bay, Old Harbour Square, Palmetto Pen, Planter Hall, Point Hill, Reynolds, Rose Hall Heights, Rosewell Road, Salt River Road, Sunrise Inn and surrounding areas

The company said it is also providing these customers with a longer notice period above the usual 48-hour announcement prior to an outage.