The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has successfully laid a new 13.8 kV submarine cable across the Demerara River and it is now providing over 5 Megawatts (MW) of power to the Eastern Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS), bringing an end to the daily scheduled load shedding activities.
However, GPL explained yesterday that customers on the West Bank and West Coast of Demerara may still experience periods of service interruptions because of the instability of the Vreed-en-Hoop plant, which has been disconnected from the rest of the DBIS.
Added to that, it said the inadequate reserve capacity, made worse by the absence of the damaged 69 kV cable, may result in generation shortfall and periodic service interruptions in the Eastern DBIS.
