The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated says that at approximately 14:22hrs yesterday, a 16.7MVA Transformer located at its Garden of Eden (GOE) facility caught fire causing all power generating units at that site to shut down. This loss of 27MWs caused a cascading effect disrupting service to all customers in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).
At the time of the interruption, the DBIS was generating approximately 132MW of power. Engineers are currently executing a technical investigation to determine the root cause of the fire.
Remedial efforts to restore power commenced immediately thereafter with the first area being repowered at approximately 14:27hrs. Incremental restoration continued, and the final area was repowered at approximately 15:22hrs.
GPL is apologising for the inconvenience caused. It said it is committed to providing quality service to its valued customers
