Residents on the Essequibo Coast are frustrated due to frequent power outages that they have been experiencing daily.
Persons living in Charity are the worst affected as it has been five days since they received electricity. Although residents were hopeful that their plight had ended when electricity was restored their hope was short-lived as power was only back for two minutes before it went off again.
In a public advisory to Essequibo residents that was published on Facebook, Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) said that residents will be subjected to load shedding as a result of reduced available generation from the Anna Regina Power Station. “The reduction in generation output is due to a damaged Alternator on the No. 1 Diesel Generation Engine and mechanical problem on No. 2 Diesel Generation Engine at the Power Station,” it explained. According to GPL, the