Over the past two weeks residents of Bartica have been experiencing interruptions in the supply of electricity due to technical problems affecting the Generating Engines at the Bartica Power Generating Facility.
A Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) release yesterday stated that a Containerised Unit (No. 11) was taken up to the location to add capacity as the No. 9 unit was deemed unserviceable while the No 6 Unit remains offline. The release said that work is ongoing to connect the No. 11 Unit to the network and install all necessary components, as such a total outage is necessary today from 8:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs. The power supply is expected to be