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Georgetown substation upgrades responsible for increased power outages – GPL
The constant blackouts within the city and its environs are mainly due to ongoing works to the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Georgetown substation.
Many commercial and domestic consumers within Georgetown have been experiencing blackouts for weeks. GPL’s US$42.8M Infrastructure Development Project is in its final stages and is scheduled to be completed by the end of June. The transmission and distribution department is installing the new transformers for 60 hertz.
According to GPL’s Public Relations Officer, Shevion Sears-Murray, in order to expand and upgrade the Georgetown substation, power outages are expected in several areas within the city. These include Tucville, North and East La Penitence and their immediate environs.
The works being done on the Georgetown substation necessitated a number of power outages to consumers in and around Georgetown, the utility company said.
It added that in some instances kite flying are also responsible for power outages and once reported will be dealt with by the power company.
The upgrades include the construction of seven new 69 and 13.8 Kilovolts (kV) Sub Stations, approximately 96 Kilometers (km) of 69 kV overhead Transmission Lines, the upgrade and expansion of three existing Sub stations and the construction of a Fiber Optic Network Linking all Sub Stations from Skeldon in the east, Edinburgh in the West and Garden of Eden in the South to a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at a New Control Centre at Sophia.
This upgrade will see an improved power supply in terms of frequency and voltage. It was noted that much of the equipment used by consumers are designed to use 60 hertz power. This conversion will therefore help to improve the company’s performance, in terms of distribution. The last conversion at the Sophia substation took place during the 1970s, when the power was upgraded to 50 hertz.
These upgrades will result in improved quality of supply, system stability, improved voltage regulation, and reduced technical losses
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