Guyana Power and Light Company Inc (GPL) Board Chairman Robert Badal says that the recent spate of power outages across the country is due to “intensified maintenance works” on both generating assets and the transmission and distribution grid.
“The age of the electricity grid requires frequent maintenance to replace cables, connectors and the like. The absence of redundancy lines means that the areas serviced by the lines scheduled for maintenance would obviously be affected,” Badal explained in a letter to the editor, published in Friday’s edition of Stabroek News.
He added that executive management has recently been mandated to implement live wire maintenance, which would require a minimum disruption of service during maintenance. “Currently we do not have this expertise, and it would require much training of local technicians, but it’s the way forward,” he added.
