GPL fell below peak demand because generators broke down – Patterson

GPL is unable to meet its current peak demand of 180 MW as generators have broken down and instead of sourcing new ones the government was preoccupied with the gas-to-energy project, according to APNU+AFC MP David Patterson.

The government has said that current generation is 178 MW and the peak demand is 180 MW  meaning that there will be load shedding until second-hand generators from Honduras are producing optimally and a Turkish power ship arrives and is hooked up to the grid.

Patterson, former Minister of Public Infrastructure, in a recent interview with the Sunday Stabroek said that  when he left office in 2020 generating capacity was 165 MW but they had procured 46.6MW generator sets that today should have seen the utility company with 211.6 MW with an adequate spinning reserve above peak demand.