IF my mind serves me clearly, LFS Burnham’s drive for an effective hydro power facility in Guyana was of utmost importance. That even in those years the sudden glimmer of hope and advancement of this great country was enough to excite and ignite the imagination of each individual Guyanese. Cheap electricity equals gross productivity in manufacturing and also an underlying sense of freedom from this much needed necessity.

Imagine your current electricity bill of $15,000 monthly under the present GPL system, power outages at least 10-15 days every month, fluctuation of electricity almost every day, high dependency on Venezuelan and Trinidadian imported fuel which us, the average consumer, must pay in order to enjoy the above that come with the GPL, not forgetting the pollution to the environment; oh, and how could we forget those embarrassing visits by contracted disconnection crews!!

Now imagine life with HYDRO! Cleaner power, fewer green house gases (Norway would be happy), constant rate of electricity supply and last but not least, you are likely to enjoy a 30-40% savings on your present GPL bill, so now we’re paying approximately $9000 monthly for this service!

This means that on average Guyanese consumers stand to gain. Now let’s do a rough calculation with this number. Let’s say that we are a nation of 750,000 people and out of that a total of 550,000 persons are receiving electricity. With a hydro in place, remember the average saving is $6,000 per person. 550,000 x $6,000 per person gives us a total of $46,800,000,000 Guyana dollars. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that those savings were yearly! Could you imagine that every year our economy would have an influx of that kind of money just from the savings in your HYDRO! Ok, seems too good to be true, right? Let’s take those same numbers and instead of a savings of $6,000 let’s cut that figure down in half. So now we’re saving $3,000, 550,000 x $3,000 gives us a total of $23,400,000,000 that can go back into our economy.

Now with that in mind, which would you prefer  – HYDRO or GPL? The choice is obvious, right?

So now we understand why the APNU/PNC people are unsupportive. LFS Burnham is surely turning in his grave to see what his once mighty party has become today!
Guyanese people, it is time we move away from petty politics and support our government in their efforts at developing our country. This writer believes the damage has already been done, let’s head back to the polls. This time the choice is also clear as well, as the PNC made its decision to railroad this country and its people, so too shall we vote them out of Parliament.

Bring back Sithe Global and move ahead with the HYDRO and say goodbye to the PNC/APNU once and for all. They have shamed our people and our country for way too long!