But not every motorist who had to spend money to fix their vehicle affected by the bad gas will be compensated.
Jamaica Observer sources yesterday highlighted that only those who reported their cases to the CAC with supporting documents will be considered for compensation and even then, only motorists whose claims were authenticated by a technical committee established by the CAC will get any money.
“There are some persons who claimed that their vehicles were damaged by the bad gas who only went to the media to complain and did not submit any information to the CAC, so they will not get any money, and there are others who, when their claims were checked, it could not be confirmed that the damage was because of bad gas, so they will also not get any compensation,” said a source close to the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology.
On Wednesday, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Fayval Williams announced that PEL had paid over the $24.5-million to the CAC as compensation for consumers who were affected by the bad gas incident.
A Petroleum Trade Reform Committee was subsequently established in 2016 to investigate the bad gas reports and proposed recommendations, several of which Williams said her ministry has been implementing, to prevent a recurrence of the incident.
