With a recent audit finding that the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) continues to lose millions to electricity theft, former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has called for an analysis of distribution losses to be continually done and for the results to be made public to identify the problem areas.
Hinds says making the findings of the analysis public would put pressure on the residents of areas with the greatest percentage of electricity theft to be more vigilant and thus assist in reducing the number of overall illegal connections and electricity theft, which GPL has been battling for years.
“People have been hiding and doing their wickedness and it was hard to get the facts, but when you do this… and break it up in areas, it shows a wide variation and it creates pressure on the people in those areas with highest numbers,” Hinds, who was responsible for the energy sector during the PPP/C’s 23 years in government, told Stabroek News.
