The Government is expected to spend approximately $313.5 million during the 2021/2022 fiscal year on the Energy Management and Efficiency Programme. Details are outlined in the 2021/2022 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project is to promote energy efficiency in government facilities and fuel conservation in road transportation by contributing to the avoidance...

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) wishes to advise members of the public that effective, Tuesday, January 5, 2021, the Government Electrical Regulator (GER), formerly the Board of Examiners (Licensing of Electricians), will be located on the Ground Floor, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, 36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10. For further information, you may contact the GER...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw says he is confident in Jamaica’s capacity to safely pursue its engagement with nuclear science and technology in all aspects of national development and wealth creation strategies. He said this is made possible through the establishment of the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA). “Our use of radiation, though inherently dangerous, will be...

New electricity regulations, which aim to digitise, modernise and transform the electrical inspection process, were approved by the House of Representatives during its sitting on Tuesday (October 27). Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who piloted the Regulations, noted that it also seeks to increase regulatory efficiency in relation to electricians. He pointed out that through the...

Newly appointed Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has committed to addressing the issues of high electricity bills and the quality of telecommunications services offered to Jamaicans, as he assumes his new portfolio responsibilities. Speaking to JIS News following the swearing-in of Cabinet Ministers at King’s House on Sunday (Sept. 13), Minister Vaz said that “the vexing...

The Electricity Wheeling Tariff Methodology Determination prescribes the method to be used to determine wheeling charges on the transmission and distribution network for the 2019 – 2024 Rate Review period. It also sets out the methodology for determining connection charges and the process for allocating system losses to self-generators involved in wheeling transactions. The Determination does not however, specify the...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Jamaica is ready to move to the next phase of investment plans to supply the country’s first five years of energy needs under the recently completed Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This comprises 320 megawatts (MW) of wind and solar; 120 MWs of liquefied natural gas (LNG); and 74 MW of...