Yesterday at approximately 6.45 am, customers in Demerara and a section of West Coast Berbice experienced an interruption in electricity supply due to a fault on the L4 Transmission Line, which connects the company’s Garden of Eden Power Plant to its Sophia Substation.
The Guyana Power and Light said in a press release that this incident resulted in the loss of 46.5 MWs of generation from the grid. The sudden generation loss triggered the protection relays at other generating stations, causing them to go offline.
Restoration efforts commenced immediately, with the first area restored at approximately 7.15 am All areas were repowered at approximately 8.45 am.
“Our company remains cognizant of the inconvenience associated with unplanned service interruptions and continues to work towards minimizing these occurrences”, GPL said.
