The power company yesterday revealed that almost half of the meters inspected last year had either been inaccessible, defective or tampered with, which contributed to its inability to meet its loss reduction target.
The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Divisional Director for Loss Reduction Kumar Sharma said that 17,515 meters were inspected and 4,505 were inaccessible, 3,113 were defective and 778 meters had been tampered with.
Sharma was addressing a Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hearing to assess GPL’s 2012 Operating Standards and Performance Targets, where he explained why the company was not able to meet its loss reduction target. For the year 2012 GPL set its standard for losses at 28.65%. However, the company experienced 31.70% losses, 3% above the set standard.
