The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says nearly 70 per cent of its customers across the island lost their electricity supply in a major power outage this afternoon.
JPS says it has already restored electricity to several areas, but up to late this afternoon, the company could not say what percentage of its customers were still without power.
Up to news time, JPS said details on what caused the power outage were still not available.
In a statement this afternoon, the country’s sole electricity distributor said the problem developed during upgrading work at its Duhaney Sub-station, in St Andrew.
The company says it is making every effort to have power restored in the shortest possible time.
