KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has established a special internal team to oversee its investigation into the islandwide blackout following the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited’s (JPS) submission of a preliminary report on the incident.

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In a release, the OUR said the team will provide direction to JPS, undertake the necessary preparations for the investigation, and review the utility company’s final report to determine its validity, assess the relevance of its recommendations, and evaluate the actions proposed by JPS in response to the outage.