Few phenomena account more for the slow economic growth and the frustrations of normal domestic life in Guyana than our electricity supply system. There is, of course, nothing new about this observation. What is remarkable, however, are, first, the protracted period – more than a quarter of a century – over which we have endured this misery and, secondly, the fact that nothing that has been tried has come even remotely close to what is desirable.
We have secured funding from multilateral financing institutions; gotten foreign technical help with both infrastructure development and improving generating capacity; placed the industry under private management then restored it to state ownership; brought in foreign consultants and initiated shakeups in the local management system
