Guyana experienced 96 power outages in 2023 – GPL tells PUC meeting

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) on Thursday revealed that nationwide, 96 power outages were recorded for 2023.

This was disclosed by GPL’s management before the Public Utility Commis-sion (PUC) at a meeting to review the power company’s operating standards and performance targets last year.

For the year 2022 the target was set at 90 outages, but the utility company, according to the PUC, in its order for 2023 indicated that the average number of outages experienced by consumers that year was 94.