Jamaica Faces Panne as Island-Wide Outage Hits Friday Evening
Jamaica faced a panne on Friday evening after Daryl Vaz said the country was without electricity. The Jamaica Public Service then said the entire island was affected, and crews were working to bring power back while some parts already had electricity again.
Daryl Vaz and Jamaica Public Service
Vaz, Jamaica's energy minister, posted on social media that Jamaica était privée d'électricité
. He did not indicate the cause. That left the first official public account focused on the scale of the outage rather than on what triggered it.
The Jamaica Public Service said l'ensemble de l'île était affecté par la coupure de courant
. A spokesperson later said the company was taking measures to restore electricity. The utility also said it was trying to determine the cause of the outage.
Power Returns in Some Areas
Electricity had already been restored in some parts of the island by Friday evening. For people and businesses across Jamaica, that meant the outage was no longer uniform: some neighborhoods were still dark while others had service back, even as the utility worked across the island.
The unanswered operational point was the same one facing the energy ministry and the utility: what caused the outage and how long full restoration would take. Jamaica Public Service had only said it was taking steps to restore power, and no figure was given for how many customers were affected.
