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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF THE MONOPOLY â€Å"THE JAMAICA PUBLIC SERVICE LTD† ON JAMAICA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2011 Centre #: 100016 Candidate #: 1000161860 Jessica Dewar Campion College Economics SBA An Investigation into the impact of the monopoly â€Å"Jamaica Public Service† on Jamaica throughout the year 2011. TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (i) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES (ii) METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED (iii) DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 1 CONCLUSION 7 RECOMMENDATIONS 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 8 APPENDICES 9 DATA COLLECTION amp; ANALYSIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT This project would not be made possible without the help of certain individuals and I would like to express my†¦show more content†¦According to an article entitled â€Å"How does Jamaica source energy?† written by Patricia Bell and contributed to the website ‘eHow’ (Appendix 1), Jamaica is one of many nations that is largely dependent on energy produced by other nations and exports approximately seventy-five thousand barrel of oil per day. The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is a company devoted to relaying imported energy to the island. JPS, founded in 1923, has been and still is the monopoly distributor of electric energy in Jamaica. In relation to ‘Legal battle to break JPS Monopoly begins’ an article written by Paul Henry for the Jamaica Observer on September 11, 2011 the firm was granted a license by the acting Minister of Mining and Energy Bobby Pickersgill in 2001. Relative to the article entitled â€Å"Jamaica Public Service Company Limited Standard Offer Contract for the Purchase of As-Available Intermittent Energy from Renewable Energy Facilities up to 100kW†, the main purpose of ‘the License’ is to â€Å"establish the framework for the planning and implementation of incremental additions of generation capacity to the national electric grid†, which is permitting JPS to provide the entire Jamaica with electric energy. In Appendix 4 earlier cited, a lawsuit conducted by displeased customers is currently in progress to seek specificShow MoreRelatedThe Production Option (Pob Sba Guideline)4598 Words   |  19 PagesESTABLISHING A BUSINESS PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS SCHOOL BASED ASSESSEMENT INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Principles of Business School Based Assessment (SBA) This will be a very exciting and rewarding experience for you, if you take the time to put your all into this research project. This SBA component of the POB subject is Paper 3 and is 20% of your CSEC CXC grade. It is compulsory, so do not ignore the importance of working hard throughout the school terms. The Theme of the project is â€Å"EstablishingRead MoreEDPM CSEC15093 Words   |  61 PagesCARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate ® CSEC  ® ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May-June 2014 CXC 34/G/SYLL 12 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence