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Sep 18, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
Reading the reports about GPL and the fight against electricity loss and theft during the past week in KN and SN, I come to the conclusion that the officials are hell bent on trying to make the public believe that electricity theft is the only problem hindering the development of the power company.
However,t they fail to admit that mismanagement is one of the main contributing factors for the company’s decline.
It  would please me a lot to see both KN and SN publish a list of all the organisations/companies in which Winston Brassington is involved. I would and then ask the public if they have any confidence that GPL is getting the service from him that he is being paid for apart from sitting at press conference, doing selective interviews and giving tours to officials.
It is no secret that electricity loss is having a heavy impact on GPL. As the company admits, instead of seeing a decline, there is an increase and that clearly states that something is definitely wrong! The truth is that the slothful attitude in providing electricity to homes and areas cause residents to find other options and as a result, they get accustomed to cheap/free electricity.
GPL also refused to provide electricity to certain homes and areas, whilst similar places get. The quick response in disconnecting people for a small amount of money is another ingredient that helps people steal electricity via illegal connection mostly at nights.
Because of mismanagement, after investing heavily on numerous types of meters (the latest iTRON), GPL is going to invest on another project Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and installing meters on the power poles.
If the company was paying heed to various suggestions, it could have installed meters on the power poles years now instead of investing heavily on different types of meters and not seeing changes.
I’ve written about the street lights before, and again I would reiterate that it would be cheaper to purchase street lamps without sensors (that turn on the light when place gets dark)
Sahadeo Bates

 

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