Giftland CEO says company ready to do power deal with GPL

Giftland Chief Executive Officer Roy Beepat

As the power generation challenge that customarily attends the Christmas service provided by the Guyana Power & Light Company begins to rear its head, Chairman of the Giftland Group Roy Beepat has told the Stabroek Business that his offer to support the beleaguered state entity with electricity on the East Coast Demerara remains open.

In an invited comment earlier this week Beepat told Stabroek Business that his offer to GPL to press Giftland’s 2×2.5 megawatt MAM Engines into service to provide 3.5 megawatts of power by day and 5 megawatts by night, remains unchanged. Beepat told Stabroek Business that Giftland is prepared to sell the power to the state-run company “at the same price that it is available from Wartsila.”