More than a month after the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) promised that there would be fewer power outages, the opposite has been occurring and there has been no explanation from the company.
In a statement on November 1, 2016 GPL had explained to the public that most power outages were the result of feeder trips and that a November 6 comprehensive maintenance exercise on the medium voltage (11 kv, 50 Hz) and high voltage (69kv) transmission line linking the Kingston Power Station to the Sophia Substation would be conducted as part of efforts to reduce these occurrences.