GPL blames ‘communication breakdown’ for 11-hour Region Two power outage

The Anna Regina Power plant 

The entire Pomeroon-Supenaam Region was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening after the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Caterpillar generating units experienced a “communication breakdown,” which led to a reset of the system at Anna Regina.

The power shut-off occurred at 17:00 hours and lasted almost 11 hours across the entire coast. According to information reaching Stabroek News, the five Caterpillar units usually would communicate via a software system, however one of the units failed and a factory reset occurred.  This newspaper was also informed that nothing physical occurred on the units and that it was merely a software communication issue.