The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that at approximately 03:17 hrs this morning, the L16 Transmission Line which links the Sophia and Good Hope substations tripped causing power generating units at the Kingston power plant to shut down, disrupting service to customers in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).
At the time of the trip, GPL said that the line was transferring approximately 16 megawatts of power.
“Due to the abrupt and significant loss of bulk power within the DBIS, the generation protection system was automatically activated to prevent damage to the engines at the Kingston plant”, GPL said.
Remedial efforts to restore power began immediately with the first area being repowered at approximately 03:45 hrs. Incremental restoration continued until the final area was repowered at around 06:11 hrs, GPL said. GPL has suffered a series of such trips this year and has come under public pressure over this.
