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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Call Made To Dismantle JPS Monopoly by PNP Supporters ( Gleaner )...</span>
The Jamaica Public Service was yesterday hauled under an unwelcome glare as People's National Party supporters came out in condemnation of the light and company's treatment of its customers.Members of Region Three (Corporate Area constituencies) penned a strongly worded resolution to the meeting of Regional Executive Council (REC) to register their concern and called for the dismantling of the monopoly.The motion, which was supported by the leadership of the powerful REC, also called for an enquiry into the pricing mechanism being used by the JPS. A single mother of three told her story of the shoddy treatment meted out to her which further darkened her life after her electricity was disconnected.The young mother said although she was experiencing grave financial difficulties, she did not blame the company for disconnecting her electricity five days after it was due. Her shock came when she was insulted by the female staffer she had asked to have the supply reconnected with some speed as her children were young."They are so uncaring," the woman declared.Phillip Paulwell, opposition spokesman on energy, told the meeting that the PNP position on the energy sector has evolved to facilitate the shift to a competitive environment. Dismantle monopolyPaulwell expressed agreement that the company's owners should not be able to subject consumers to certain treatment.Ronnie Thwaites, member of parliament for Central Kingston, urged the PNP to place on its agenda, for inclusion in its next election manifesto, the dismantling of the monopoly in the distribution of power."Don't do what we did for 18 years and the Bruce Golding administration is doing now," asserted Thwaites. "We will have to commit ourselves to a radical system of conservation ... ."Thwaites said electricity was fast becoming an unaffordable commodity."And if you look at the trends of rising oil prices, it will be worse in 2011," he predicted.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Call Made To Dismantle JPS Monopoly by PNP Supporters ( Gleaner )...</span>
The Jamaica Public Service was yesterday hauled under an unwelcome glare as People's National Party supporters came out in condemnation of the light and company's treatment of its customers.Members of Region Three (Corporate Area constituencies) penned a strongly worded resolution to the meeting of Regional Executive Council (REC) to register their concern and called for the dismantling of the monopoly.The motion, which was supported by the leadership of the powerful REC, also called for an enquiry into the pricing mechanism being used by the JPS. A single mother of three told her story of the shoddy treatment meted out to her which further darkened her life after her electricity was disconnected.The young mother said although she was experiencing grave financial difficulties, she did not blame the company for disconnecting her electricity five days after it was due. Her shock came when she was insulted by the female staffer she had asked to have the supply reconnected with some speed as her children were young."They are so uncaring," the woman declared.Phillip Paulwell, opposition spokesman on energy, told the meeting that the PNP position on the energy sector has evolved to facilitate the shift to a competitive environment. Dismantle monopolyPaulwell expressed agreement that the company's owners should not be able to subject consumers to certain treatment.Ronnie Thwaites, member of parliament for Central Kingston, urged the PNP to place on its agenda, for inclusion in its next election manifesto, the dismantling of the monopoly in the distribution of power."Don't do what we did for 18 years and the Bruce Golding administration is doing now," asserted Thwaites. "We will have to commit ourselves to a radical system of conservation ... ."Thwaites said electricity was fast becoming an unaffordable commodity."And if you look at the trends of rising oil prices, it will be worse in 2011," he predicted.