AT approximately 01:40hrs hrs on Friday morning, the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) suffered an interruption in service due to a fault on the breaker of the F6 Feeder, the Guyana Power and Light has said.
According to the company, restorative efforts commenced at 01:45hrs and all affected customers were repowered by 04:59 hrs with the exception of customers in ‘A’ to ‘E’ Fields Sophia. The extended delay was due to replacement of the damaged switch gear and cleaning and refurbishment of the busbar and cubicle. Power was expected to be restored by Friday evening.
Subsequently, at 10:11hrs the DBIS suffered a total shutdown due to a short circuit resulting from a defective switch on the F9 feeder at Water and Cowan Streets, Kingston. Power was restored to all areas at 13:45pm.
“GPL continues to inject efforts towards achieving a fault tolerant network,” the company said.