BVC July, 2015 - page 78

78 July 2015 - 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