At approximately 8.00 this morning an excavator, contracted by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, while clearing the outfall on Cowan Street, Kingston, came into contact with GPL’s Guy-wire which supports the structure of transmission lines.
GPL says that this incident caused disturbances on the 69 KV transmission lines which resulted in a total shutdown of the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System.
Remedial efforts commenced at 8:14 hrs and all areas were repowered at approximately 9:30hrs, GPL said.
