GPL denies scare tactics over cut of subsidies

Winston Brassington

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday stuck to its claims that the $5.2 billion in subsidies for the company cut from the national budget would necessitate higher tariffs to fund plans to curb losses, while dismissing criticism that it is engaged in “scare tactics” as ignorance.

“The investments which are finally being made in GPL now, some of which should have been done over 38 years ago,