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May 17, 2014 News
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is again asking for patience as the entire Demerara system went down Thursday, leaving consumers fuming.
According to the state-owned GPL, around 22:32hrs, one of the two transmission lines between Sophia and Garden of Eden tripped, resulting in a shutdown of the Demerara Inter-connected System (DIS).
“Due to the time this incident occurred it was not possible to undertake a detailed inspection of the transmission line to determine the reason for the trip. An inspection is currently in progress, focusing on the section of the line traversing the backlands of Garden of Eden and Friendship, where the line protection calculated the fault may exist.”
According to GPL, the Demerara Inter- connected System was incrementally restored with all circuits repowered just after midnight.
“Unfortunately power supply to consumers on the East Coast between Industry and Success was further affected by a burnt connection on a switch at Industry. The burnt connection was found at 01:15 hrs, repairs were completed and power was restored at 01:51hrs.”
GPL also said that on Wednesday, an unknown incident resulted in damages to four parts of a circuit supplying sections of Kingston, Cummingsburg and Werk-en-Rust area in the city. “Repairs were completed by19:28hrs and power restored to all consumers. In undertaking the repairs, the supply to consumers in other sections of Kingston, Cummingsburg and Werk-En-Rust had to be interrupted. Investigations are ongoing into what may have precipitated the damage to the circuit. GPL will undertake an upgrade to a section of the circuit this Sunday to reduce the impact any future fault this may have.”
The power company, in its apology, stressed that there is likely to be more power interruptions as it progresses with its development agenda for 2014.
GPL is building seven new substations and running new transmission lines along the coastlands in a Chinese-funded US$40M project.
“We are pleased to announce that the supply for most of our consumers in South Georgetown has been switched to our new substation in North Ruimveldt. Further, we are currently preparing to commission our new substation at Columbia (Mahaicony) and the power supply for all consumers between Burma Road and Victoria will be switched to this substation.”
Where is the BETTER MANAGEMENT/RENEGOTIATION OF THE OIL CONTRACTS you promised Jagdeo?
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