EDITORIAL - Be done with the pussyfooting on energy

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Unintentionally, perhaps, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) was less than generous with the facts, or the interpretation thereof. But through its wool and waffle we discern an effort to finally get on with the job of delivering new, cheaper electricity-generating capacity to the country and to give the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) and its parents a fair shot at the effort. This newspaper supports the move because Jamaica has dilly-dallied for too long on the energy question. We, however, have two provisos: consumers must see a real reduction in energy prices; and any decision taken now must not mean that we are so locked into a fuel as to rule out the use of others in future power plants.