A recent Benchmark study by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) on the  Electricity Sector in Jamaica titled, Generation and Distribution of Electricity in Jamaica: A Regional Comparison of Performance Indicators, compared Jamaica Public Service (JPS) electricity generation operations with other domestic independent power producers (IPPs), and compared JPS distribution operations with 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries. symposium hosted by the Mona School of Business in partnership with the JPC and the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), on July 28th, 2011. Other participants included the Opposition spokesperson on energy, prominent economists, officers from private power producers (IPPs), members of the UWI academic community and the public. The JPS was invited to participate but declined the invitation. The symposium was organised to provide stakeholders with a better understanding of how issues associated with electricity generation, distribution and the overall governance of the sector ultimately influence the prices paid by consumers.

About the Author

Maurice L McNaughton

Maurice McNaughton is the Director of the Centre of Excellence for IT Innovation at Mona School of Business & Management, UWI.

Dr. McNaughton is Director of the Centre of Excellence for IT-enabled Innovation at the Mona School of Business & Management and is currently doing active research in the areas of Open Source Software, Open/Big Data and Mobile Computing. He is a founding member of the Caribbean Open Institute, a regional coalition of Caribbean organizations that engages and works with regional governments, researchers, journalists, technologists, NGOs, and academics, to raise awareness, strengthen capacity, and foster collaborations towards the adoption of open development approaches.