Bartica faces scheduled blackouts after engines go down

Sep 07, 2016 News

Residents of Bartica are facing days of blackouts after two of the community’s power engines went down.
According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), the situation has led to the generating capacity at Bartica being severely affected as a result.
GPL disclosed that the unavailability of two of the three generating sets was due to the fact that one unit is undergoing major overhaul while the second unit experienced a major engine failure on Sunday.
The major overhaul at that Region Seven riverain area is scheduled to be completed by September 17, but arrangements are being made for urgent relocation of a unit to Bartica, GPL said.
In the meantime, GPL is forced to conduct scheduled outages.
“A subsequent update will be issued confirming the arrival of this unit and its expected operational time frame. Due to the shortfall in generation the following load-shedding guide will be in effect.”
The outages will continue until the second generating set is installed.
Also, it is envisaged that electricity will be supplied to the entire town from 00:00 to 08:00hrs.
“For updates, residents are advised to check our website at www.gplinc.net, GPL Facebook page which can be found by searching for “GPL Inc.” from their individual Facebook accounts and the TARZIE Television Station. Our Company seeks the patience of the Bartica residents while we work assiduously towards restoring the situation to normalcy. We extend our sincerest apologies to our valued customers of Bartica,” GPL indicated in a statement
Government has announced that it is moving to build a new power station for Bartica. It has invited tenders for proposals for various forms of renewable energy.

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