JPS Hosts Pop-Up Energy Hubs to Support Residents of Westmoreland and St Elizabeth as Restoration Continues

(Kingston, January 16, 2026) Residents of eight (8) communities in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth have benefitted from JPS Pop-Up Energy Hubs in the last two weeks. The communities are among those awaiting restoration of electricity following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Melissa.

In Westmoreland, the JPS Energy Hubs were held in Bethel Town, Ashton, Grange Hill and Petersfield. In St. Elizabeth, residents in Braes River, Southampton, Brighton and Springfield benefited from the JPS outreach.

Residents were able to charge their mobile devices, access the internet via Starlink, receive customer service support and advice, as well as enjoy music and games, as they prepare to receive electricity supply. The Company has indicated that the Pop-Up Energy Hubs will be taken to other communities in affected parishes over the coming weeks.

The community outreach initiative is designed to provide some relief for customers as JPS continues restoration work in the most severely affected communities, where extensive infrastructure damage and challenging terrain have slowed progress, in what the Company refers to as the ‘last mile’.  

The Company says that while it rebuilds the electrical network in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth, it wants to engage with its customers and provide some practical support, to ease some of the frustration of being without electricity, following the unprecedented Category 5 hurricane. 

JPS is now supplying approximately 93% of its customer base.  The Company says restoration work continues across all affected areas, and thanks customers for their patience and continued support.

Residents received packages, and a range of other services at the recent JPS Pop-up Energy Hubs in 8 communities in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth over the last two weeks. Pictured here are two residents who were at the Pop-up in Southampton (Southampton Square), St. Elizabeth.

A resident of Braes River, St. Elizabeth charges her device at the mobile charging station, one of the services provided by JPS at its recent Pop-up Energy Hub at the Braes River Square.

Springfield and Brighton were two of the communities in St. Elizabeth where JPS recently had its Pop-up Energy Hub. Residents got customer service support and advice as well as the ability to charge their devices and use the internet.

Pia Baker, JPS Senior Vice President for Customer Service and Commercial (l) and Janice Carr, Customer Service Area Manager – West, interact with a customer as part of the recent JPS Pop-up Energy Hub in Reeds Mountain Square in Ashton, Westmoreland.

Janice Carr, Customer Service Area Manager – West and Ramon Lewis, Digital Communications Analyst, interact with residents at the recent JPS Pop-up Energy Hub at the Bethel Town Square in Westmoreland.

JPS, President and CEO happily looks on as residents of Petersfield in Westmoreland enjoy a game of dominoes at the recent JPS Pop-up Energy Hub by the Petersfield Post Office. Petersfield is one of the eight communities in which JPS has had these Pop-ups to provide some relief for customers as restoration work continues in the most severely affected areas.