More Persons Opting for JPS’ Prepaid Electricity – ‘Go Prepaid and Spin to Win’ promotion yields 100% more sign-ups in 2022!

More persons are opting for JPS’ prepaid electricity service, ‘Pay As You Go’. Between May and November 2022, the company’s ‘Go Prepaid and Spin to Win’ promotion saw over 1,800 new prepaid customers, a one-hundred percent increase over the 900 sign-ups during the 2021 promotion. There are now approximately 17,000 prepaid customers on the JPS grid.
Throughout the seven-month Spin to Win Campaign, new and existing post-paid customers who signed up for prepaid and were consistent with topping up, automatically qualified for a chance to win cash and other prizes. Lucky customers won for themselves weekends for two, smart televisions, supermarket shopping sprees, prepaid top-ups, laptops and mobile phones. In December, the promotion culminated with the presentation of a cheque valued at 2 Million Dollars to the Grand Prize winner.
Prepaid is an excellent energy management tool as it gives customers full control over how much they spend on electricity, as they can choose when to top-up when and with how many kilowatt-hours of electricity they want. There are also no deposits, monthly bills, due dates, disconnections or late payment fees associated with prepaid. The service is suitable for long and short-term rentals, and also for anyone who just wants to become more energy efficient.
Prepaid electricity was first introduced in 2015 through a pilot programme in Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine, after which it was expanded to all parishes. It allows customers to top up with electricity, similar to how they would add credit on their mobile phones. With the roll-out of smart meters across the island, persons can now switch to prepaid without having to change their meter.