City must pay GPL the $1B it owes by June 15 or be disconnected

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has warned the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to pay its outstanding balance of $1,090,525,575 by June 15 or be disconnected.

In a letter dated June 7, to Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, GPL said the amount owed to the council up to April of this year included an increase of $186,711,962 since its last correspondence in August 2012. The council had owed $924,169,735 up to the end of June last year.

“Should the council fail to clear this outstanding amount, then GPL will proceed to disconnect its