Demerara-Berbice system suffers power shutdown

On Monday evening at approximately 22:21 hours, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that two 35 MVA transformers at the Kingston Wartsila Power Plant tripped causing a total shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Systems.

A GPL release today said that an assessment of the origin of the initial trip is ongoing in an effort to perform the necessary remedial work and mitigate future occurrences.

Repowering efforts began about twenty minutes into the shutdown in Demerara continuing into Berbice with the last affected community being repowered at 01:37hrs today.

GPL extended sincerest apologies for any inconveniences caused.