At approximately 10:13hrs yesterday, while reclosing the F8 feeder at Kingston (which serves customers along Camp Street to Charlestown), the station transformer at the Kingston Power Plant tripped, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said.
This caused approximately 30 Megawatts of generating capacity to go offline, which resulted in the shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).
At approximately 10:18 hrs incremental restoration commenced in Demerara and Berbice, GPL said. Power was restored to all areas in Berbice at approximately 12:05 hrs.
Most areas in Demerara were repowered at approximately 13:18 hrs, except for Zeelugt to Parika, East Bank Essequibo. These areas were repowered at approximately 16:20 hrs when the second of the three generators at the Vreed-en-Hoop Power Plant was returned to service. The third generator is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance.
“Our company offers sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused and remains committed to providing a reliable power supply to our customers”, GPL said.
