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Broken power pole causes major blackout on in Region Three
Dear Editor,
At approximately 05:19hrs Tuesday morning, the top end of a primary pole on the Edinburgh Feeder corridor, completely broke off in the vicinity of Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara.
The magnitude of fault current (conductors/phases coming into contact) from this broken pole resulted in the generators at the Vreed-en-Hoop facility going offline and triggered a cascading effect on generators at the company’s Kingston Power Plants.
The sudden loss of approximately 53 Megawatts of generation disrupted service to customers in Central Georgetown, East Bank Demerara, West Coast Demerara, West Bank Demerara and East Bank Essequibo. Incremental restoration commenced immediately and at approximately 05:57 hrs the first area was repowered.
Most areas were repowered at approximately 09:20 hrs. However, customers of Blankenburg, La Jalousie, Den Amstel and Hague, West Coast Demerara remained without power due to remedial work on the broken structure. Power was restored to those areas at approximately 13:00 hrs. Our company continues to work assiduously to eliminate widespread outages and remains cognizant of the inconveniences that result from service disruptions.
Best regards,
Ranetta La Fleur
Asst. Corporate Communication Officer
Guyana Power and Light Inc
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