{"id":30914,"date":"2021-02-08T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=30914"},"modified":"2021-02-08T13:26:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:26:43","slug":"jps-connecting-customers-faster-due-to-growing-smart-meter-coverage-50-islandwide-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/jps-connecting-customers-faster-due-to-growing-smart-meter-coverage-50-islandwide-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"JPS Connecting Customers Faster Due to Growing Smart Meter Coverage   \u2013 50% Islandwide Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17721 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSheader-1024x314.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSheader-1024x314.png 1024w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSheader-600x184.png 600w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSheader-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSheader-768x236.png 768w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSheader.png 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>January 28, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JPS customers are now experiencing faster connections, due to the growing smart meter coverage across the island. Despite the limitations of the pandemic last year, the Company installed almost 70,000 smart meters, surpassing initial targets for the period. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPS-Team-Member-installs-Smart-Meter-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPS-Team-Member-installs-Smart-Meter-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPS-Team-Member-installs-Smart-Meter-768x889.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPS-Team-Member-installs-Smart-Meter-600x695.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPS-Team-Member-installs-Smart-Meter.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The energy provider says it is on track for 100% smart meter coverage by 2024 \u2013 as well as a range of network enhancements.\u00a0 The parishes of St. Catherine, Clarendon and St. Andrew are now over 98% smart.\u00a0 While in the west, St. James will have complete smart meter coverage by December 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Customers are benefitting from smart meters as well as smart grid technology with: fewer delays in business processes, being able to monitor their electricity usage online on the JPS mobile app; greater streetlight reliability; and fewer and shorter unexpected outages.\u00a0 Additionally, reconnections are often made within one hour of payment \u2013 far ahead of the 24-hour stipulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JPS is excited about this direction as it continues to strive for greater ease and convenience, for its customers across the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17722 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSfooter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1249\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSfooter.png 1249w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSfooter-600x102.png 600w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSfooter-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSfooter-1024x175.png 1024w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JPSfooter-768x132.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; January 28, 2021 JPS customers are now experiencing faster connections, due to the growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,16],"tags":[525,3543,3544],"class_list":["post-30914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-member-news","category-news","tag-jps","tag-smartmeters","tag-smarttechnology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","month_date":"Feb","day_date":"8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}