The Jamaica Public Service Company

4 Business View Caribbean Kelly Tomblin is the President and Chief Executive Of- ficer of JPS. She explains how the country’s electricity system is organized: “Like many places, the Caribbean and Jamaica in particular, we have a hybrid approach. The generation arm of it is competitively bid out - we are not the only generator on the island. In fact, it’s a very competitive generation market.” What JPS does have, however, is an all-exclusive island contract for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy. That means that the several independent, privately- owned power companies on the island that create elec- tricity have to partner with JPS in order to sell it to their customers, because JPS owns the grid and therefore is the only island entity that can deliver power through its high-voltage transmission lines, substations, trans- formers, and low-voltage distribution lines. Of course, according to Tomblin, there are other ways one can get COMPACT HYDRO More than a small solution www.andritz.com ANDRITZ HYDRO supplies solutions for small hydro- power up to 30 MW brand- ed as COMPACT HYDRO for more than 30 years. The small hydropower market is an essential business area of ANDRITZ HYDRO. More than 3,000 units with a total output of 9,300 MW are installed globally. Every month, another eleven COMPACT HYDRO units start producing renewable clean en- ergy. Our COMPACT HYDRO program combines environmen- tal-friendly solution with high efficiency. We focus on the best solu- tion – from water to wire. CH_Image_(BusinessView)_en_7.5x4.9-Magotty.indd 1 01.07.2015 09:26:47