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The USAID Supporting Utilities and Promoting Energy Reform (SUPER) program is working with Jamaican energy sector stakeholders, including the electric utility, Jamaica Public Service, and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, to bring legal electricity to underserved communities and reduce electricity theft. This photo was taken in June 2022 on a site visit to Steer Town in St. Anne's parish to view an electrical wiring and connection campaign. Supporting citizens to become regularized electric utility customers helps promote more efficient electricity use, requiring less power to be generated and fewer greenhouse gases emitted in Jamaica. This has direct climate impacts for the island, which derives roughly 90 percent of power from petroleum-based sources.

Expanding Electricity Access in Jamaica

Copyright © 2022 Michaela Palmer

Country Jamaica
Topics Energy, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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