Dear Editor,
More tales of the inefficiency of the Guyana Power & Light Incorporated (GPL) continue to surface. On Tuesday evening (Nov 2) a transformer at the corner of New Street in Cumberland sparked. For some unknown reason, the company’s technicians could not fix the problem that evening. As a result, the entire area suffered a blackout which lasted way into the following morning.
This is totally unacceptable for a company like GPL. Would you imagine that this 21st century power provider does not have the capability to equip its so-called “24 hour outdoor crews” to carry out their jobs at night, thus causing large areas to be left in darkness?
The thing is, that the said location has a history of transformer problems. These problems and sparking have caused numerous blackouts in the past, many of which lasted all night, and yet GPL cannot devise a proper way to permanently fix a very old problem.
Heads from GPL’s management need to roll.
Yours faithfully,
Leon Suseran
