Prime Minister Sam Hinds says Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will not be made to pay for losses suffered from the Amaila Hydro project to Sophia, as the point of billing is the Georgetown substation.
He made the statement yesterday in response to concerns whether the government-owned entity would be made to pay for power as generated by Amaila rather than power actually delivered to Sophia. Sithe disclosed at a forum last week that some 14 per cent of the power generated will be lost by the time it gets to Georgetown. The project is said to be rated at 165 megawatts.
Former Guyana Electricity Corporation head Ramon Gaskin had said recently it is