Under increasing pressure over blackouts, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that Sunday’s total shutdown was due to a generation shortfall and it cited careless tree trimming and burnt jumpers as causes of other outages.
These revelations were made yesterday by acting Chief Executive Officer, Renford Homer in an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI). When Stabroek News contacted GPL on Wednesday for answers on the blackouts no one was available. A statement promised on Wednesday also never materialized.
Homer told DPI that the shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) on Sunday, was as a result of a generation shortfall due to inadequate reserve power.
