Giftland submits proposal to supply excess electricity to grid

Roy Beepat

The Giftland Mall has submitted a working proposal to the Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, to supply excess electricity to the grid.

Roy Beepat, President of Giftland Mall and Giftland OfficeMax, told Stabroek News that the application which was submitted represented a proposal to supply the grid with 3 Megawatts of power during the day and 4 Megawatts during the night hours.

Responding via email Beepat stated that the recently opened US$30M mall has the capacity to supply 4.6 MW of power daily with the mall utilising just 1 MW during its operational hours.

He said that while the application is currently with the minister he would be unable to identify