Second major power shutdown in two days

After a shutdown in the Demerara Berbice Inter-connected System (DBIS) resulted in large parts of the country being plunged into blackout on Sunday night, a second incident on the system yesterday resulted in large parts of Georgetown and other areas experiencing a shutdown for several hours.

According to a release from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), around 11 am yesterday, a second “system disturbance” resulted in trips along the feeders supplying electricity to Queenstown,