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Jamaica looking to liberalize energy sector to encourage competition
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
“My message to JPSCo is, we need to send that signal to the consumers immediately to introduce competition, to open up the market, to provide hope so that our people can anticipate this change, and not be moving to our own systems overnight.
Paulwell said the government would “definitely be moving away from heavy fuel oils and diesel and pursuing the natural gas project.
“Coal is in abundance in the region and Petcoke, which is even cheaper than coal, will also be part of the mix,” he added.
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