JPS Carries Out Phased Restorations as Jamaica Investigates Islandwide Blackout

Power has been returned to many communities in staged operations under an ongoing utility probe into the outage's root cause.

Overview

A simultaneous islandwide power failure struck Jamaica on Friday evening and the Jamaica Public Service Company confirmed the outage affected customers across the island.
JPS began an immediate, pre-planned phased restoration to protect grid stability, and teams have already brought electricity back to multiple communities as the schedule has progressed.
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz publicly confirmed the blackout and said he called an emergency meeting and demanded a full report from JPS within 24 hours on what caused the disruption.
JPS has opened an investigation into the technical or operational triggers for the failure and has committed to regular public updates as crews work to complete full restoration.
The outage has raised concern about grid resilience ahead of the hurricane season, with officials and residents watching for follow-up findings and steps to prevent repeat islandwide failures.