The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that at approximately 11.15 am yesterday, the L2 and L5 Transmission Lines which link the company’s Golden Grove to Sophia and Sophia to Kingston Substations respectively tripped.
A press release from GPL said that the trip caused generating units at the Garden of Eden Power Plant to shut down, resulting in service disruptions to customers in Demerara and Berbice.
At the time of the trip, the Transmission Lines were transferring around 34 megawatts of power.
GPL said that restoration works began immediately and at approximately 11:22 am the first area was repowered in Demerara. Incremental restoration continued until all the affected areas in Demerara and Berbice were repowered at approximately 12:55 pm.
GPL said it continues to work assiduously towards minimising these occurrences.
