KINGSTON, Jamaica – Electricity theft in Clarendon is trending down.

That’s the word from newly appointed vice president of Community Renewal and Energy Solutions at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Keith Garvey.

Speaking at the official launch of the Rocky Point Regularisation Programme last Friday, Garvey told the audience that since last year, when the company began intervention measures across the parish, non-technical losses – due primarily to theft – have fallen from 40 per cent to 33 per cent.

According to a news release from JPS, their operations manager for Clarendon, Donovan Moore, who has been working closely with the regularisation intervention in Rocky Point, announced that in another three to four months, he anticipates that 98 per cent of that fishing community will be regularised. He also added that the redesigned lines serving the community would increase the power supply by 40 per cent.

Moore further pointed out that JPS was not merely interested in regularising the use of electricity in the area, but also fostering partnerships for social intervention.

“We must support each other’s survival,” he stressed.

As part of the social intervention component, the launch featured displays from partners in the Clarendon community to assist in informing and empowering the local population.