Efforts have been intensified to ensure that citizens receive satisfactory and quality electricity distribution during the holiday season, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), Renford Homer has said.
“We have a generation capacity of approximately 130 megawatts and expect a peak demand of 115 or 116 megawatts, not exceeding 117 megawatts. This gives us a reserve of approximately 13 megawatts,” Homer was quoted as saying in a Department of Public Information (DPI) release.
The Kingston machine is out for maintenance and is expected to be in operation shortly, according to the DPI statement. Homer noted that it has a capacity of 7.9 megawatts and when operational will boost the company’s generation during the holiday season and even further into 2018 to meet the growing demand.
According to the DPI media release,