GPL facing ‘challenges’ in restoring power to Essequibo communities

Residents of the northern end of the Essequibo coast continued to experience daily power outages up to yesterday as the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) said it was experiencing “challenges” in seeking to restore the electricity supply to the area.

Although GPL had promised that a normal supply of electricity would resume by last weekend, the company last evening, via Facebook, issued a public advisory for residents of Essequibo Coast saying, “As GPL seeks to restore normal electricity supply to the Essequibo Coast, we continue to experience challenges in providing continuous service to consumers between central Anna Regina and Charity, and Anna Regina and Mainstay/Whyaka.