With a deficit of 23 megawatts (MWs) of power, GPL is alerting the public to another round of blackouts, the latest in a string of problems to hit the electricity company despite its many promises of lasting improvements.
In a statement yesterday, GPL, says that it “remains committed to supplying reliable electricity supply to our valued customers” but added that due to unforeseen occurrences and generation/operational issues, it was challenged to meet the peak demand.
It said that on Tuesday, September 3, while a contractor was carrying out work on the Sheriff/Mandela Road Expansion project, one of GPL’s poles with two transformers was up-rooted near the Rubis Gas Station on Mandela Avenue. This resulted in power cuts to a number of communities in South Georgetown, Queenstown and Lacytown.
