GPL eyes upgrade to smart grid, meters – Badal

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) will be moving towards making the current grid smart in order to improve its efficiency while increasing its capacity.

Speaking to Stabroek News on Friday, GPL Chairman Robert Badal said, “Our grid is still very old. A lot of lines have been there for years. We have Wallaba posts bracing on each other; so we have to examine the grid.” He said there was a need for the country to move towards “a smart grid” which would end physical meter reading.