Power wheeling programme must include solar and wind - Business - Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | January 25, 2013:
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By Shakuntala Makhijani , Guest Columnist
Last month, electricity regulator, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), released recommendations for Jamaica's anticipated electricity wheeling programme.
Last month, electricity regulator, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), released recommendations for Jamaica's anticipated electricity wheeling programme.
Electricity wheeling has been proposed in Jamaica as a way to promote distributed power generation, especially from renewable-energy sources.
Under the proposed wheeling programme, a company or individual could generate electricity in one part of the country and pay the grid operator - the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) - a fee to transport that power to another location where it will be used.
Because JPS currently has a monopoly on electricity distribution, a company would only be able to send electricity over the grid to be consumed at a location that it also owns. For example, a sugar company that generates electricity at a sugar refinery using bagasse can send excess power to its offices in Kingston to avoid paying high electricity bills there, but cannot sell electricity to another entity.
Several of Jamaica's large energy consumers are considering participating in the forthcoming wheeling programme to support investments in renewable energy
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