Lightning blitzes GPL feeders

Lightning during this morning’s inclement weather conditions, affected three of the Guyana Power and Light’s feeders emanating from the Kingston Electricity Generation facility supplying customers in Georgetown from approximately 10:43 hrs.

The areas affected were Cummingsburg, Lacytown, Werk-en-Rust, Sophia, Prashad Nagar, Kitty, Queenstown, Albertown and Kingston. The feeders were isolated and visually checked prior to repowering areas. The last affected area was repowered at 12:12 hrs, GPL said.

GPL sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused.