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JPS promises more EV charging stations in 2025

February 04, 2025
JPS business development manager, Richard Gordon (left), explains the mechanics of an electric vehicle (EV) to sixth form students (from second right) students Dominic Stewart of St Mary High School; Abigale Pratt from The Cedar Grove Academy; and Ryana Earle from St Jago High School; as JPS Foundation head Sophia Lewis and Andre Coye, associate dean of external engagement in the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies look on.
JPS business development manager, Richard Gordon (left), explains the mechanics of an electric vehicle (EV) to sixth form students (from second right) students Dominic Stewart of St Mary High School; Abigale Pratt from The Cedar Grove Academy; and Ryana Earle from St Jago High School; as JPS Foundation head Sophia Lewis and Andre Coye, associate dean of external engagement in the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies look on.

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is promising more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the country this year.

JPS' Business Development Manager, Richard Gordon, disclosed that additional charging stations are in the pipeline for the light company's buildout of its Charge 'n Go EV network.

"We currently have 37 plugs across 17 locations... for this year, the plan is for at least six new fast charging stations across the island," he said. "We haven't finalised all the locations yet, but [will do so] within the next month or two. They will be basically to support moving around the island to fill some of the areas we currently need to have additional infrastructure." Gordon said the company's Charge 'n Go expansion, which was launched in May 2021 with the commissioning of the very first EV station at Boot Gas Station in Drax Hall, St Ann, has been going well.

"Every month, we are seeing growth in terms of the usage of the network, year-over-year, it's in the region of 400 per cent," he said. "[A lot] of the electric vehicle sales happen towards the end of the year into January, that's usually when you see the greatest growth. At this stage of the development... we are building more charging stations to meet that demand before it arrives," explained Gordon, who is also project manager for the JPS EV charging infrastructure.

Gordon's comments came recently following his presentation on electric mobility and decarbonisation to sixth-form high school students attending CAPE/science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workshops, facilitated by the JPS Foundation in partnership with The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The foundation signed a $16 million, five-year memorandum of understanding in 2023 with The UWI. The foundation provides support for annual workshops, which commenced with the first cohort of students last year, for students preparing to sit STEM CAPE subjects in biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, geography and mathematics.

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