GPL says committed to preventing blackout woes during holidays

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) in its commitment to provide reliable electricity supply to its customers during the holiday season, will continue to patrol and monitor its various systems to ensure that issues that could potentially cause widespread outages during the holidays are addressed promptly.

According to a GPL press release on Monday, every effort is being made to ensure the availability of its generating units. However, the inadequacies in the aged Transmission and Distribution (T&D) network continue to pose problems. This has been exacerbated by persons accidentally coming into contact with the facilities. Therefore, the public is urged to exercise caution when operating machinery within close proximity to the company’s T&D infrastructure. 

 The following is a breakdown of the status of the areas served by GPL