By Antonio Dey
With GPL’s generation below peak demand, a 7.8 mw unit going offline for repairs has deepened the power’s company’s woes amid rising public frustration over the unscheduled blackouts.
Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, at a press briefing held yesterday at GPL’s boardroom in Kingston reiterated that the state-owned company has procured a number of new engines and transformers which are slated for installation soon.
Indar assured that GPL will be able to satisfy the current demand for electricity when it commissions the 17 power generators that are expected to arrive in Guyana from Honduras. These generators, valued at US$27 million, will generate 28.9 megawatts of electricity. They are expected to arrive in Guyana by November 22 and be installed mid-December, he added.