Faulty equipment and generator problems were the major causes of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) being unable to meet its performance targets last year, according to Deputy CEO (Technical) Elwyn Marshall, who yesterday reported that customers experienced more interruptions in supply last year than in the previous year.
Marshall was at the time making a presentation to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on GPL’s Operating Standards and Performance Targets for last year at the Cara Lodge, in Georgetown.
Addressing customer interruptions, Marshall pointed out that the company set a target of 75 for the System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), which is the average number of interruptions that a customer would experience.
However, it reported 128 for 2017, an increase over the 2016 figure which was 118.6.
