ON August 6 at about 19:30hrs, GPL’s No.1 Wartsila Engine at Essequibo was removed from service as a result of a fault in the automatic voltage control circuitry.A Guyana Power and Light press release added that the resulting shortage in capacity led to several communities in Essequibo being without electricity while troubleshooting and repair works were being carried out.

GPL noted that, with only the Wartsila No. 2 engine in service, customers in the north, stretching from Anna Regina to Charity, and in the south, from Anna Regina to Supenaam, were supplied with electricity alternatively every four hours.

However, at around 15:30hrs yesterday, output from this unit became unavailable due to failure of a component within its main circuit breaker, the GPL statement said; therefore both units were unavailable until 20:00hrs, when the circuit breaker of the No. 2 was replaced and power was restored incrementally.

Repairs to the No 1 unit were also completed, and full restoration of power was accomplished at 01:00hr yesterday morning.

GPL apologises for the inconvenience caused.
POWER WATCH

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