Renford Homer to be new GPL CEO – sources

Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Renford Homer has been tipped to replace the utility company’s acting CEO Colin Welch, sources say.

When Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson was approached in Parliament by Stabroek News yesterday he walked away saying “Come on man, please you all are big people”. Pressed on if Welch had been dismissed, he gave a terse “no” and continued his journey.

Welch has been a deeply controversial figure at GPL with questions being raised about his credentials and experience.

When the new Board of GPL was commissioned last month, Patterson had informed that the board had been given “all the dossiers” pertaining to administrative issues and its mandate included a review of an