Dionne Nugent

Jamaica Public Service Co. (JPS)
Director, Business Development Division

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Miss Dionne Nugent, a registered Professional Engineer, currently holds the position of Director – Business Development (PMO) in the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Limited.

In her over 25 years with JPS, Dionne has had several engineering leadership roles in various capacities including Head of Engineering and Head of Generation Special Projects. In her tenure she has held leadership roles in the introduction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to JPS’ Generation Fleet, the negotiation of over 300MW of power purchase agreements for several renewable/thermal energy projects and the development of technical policies for the integration of Renewable Generation to the Transmission and Distribution grid.

In November 2017 she was appointed a Director in the newly formed Business Development division, where she currently leads a cross-functional team in the development of ‘distributed generation’ solutions including Combined Heat and Power solutions, Utility Scale and Customer Sited Renewables projects and Energy Efficiency services. The development of Electric Vehicle infrastructure (e.g. utility owned charging stations) is the most recent addition to the suite of initiatives under her leadership.

Dionne possesses a Masters Degrees in Electric Power Systems (University of Bath, UK) and Engineering Management (University of the West Indies) and gained her BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of West Indies, St. Augustine.