A fallen pole today on one of two 69 Kv transmission lines stretching from Golden Grove to Sophia resulted in a total shutdown in Demerara and Eastern Berbice at 07:35 hrs this morning, GPL said today.
In a press release, it said that restoration of electricity to all affected communities started in Demerara at 08:44hrs continuing to Berbice with the last community being repowered at 9:15hrs.
“During this period, consumers within Kingston, sections of Lacytown and Cummingsburg experienced intermittent outages throughout our efforts to restore power. Subsequently several trees fell onto our network on Hadfield Streets which delayed the restoration process”, GPL said.
It added that crews are currently engaged in mopping up operations and addressing isolated cases where individual consumers may have had service interruption caused by the high winds.
The public is advised to report emergencies to the following numbers: Demerara- 2264015/6, Berbice 333-2186 and Essequibo 777-5015.
