THE Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that on Tuesday morning a power failure in Georgetown had resulted from a tripped circuit.

In a release, GPL explained that at approximately 09:24hrs, damaged-line hardware on its network situated at Water and Cowan Streets and Parade and Cowan Streets, Georgetown, had resulted in a circuit-trip and subsequent interruption in the supply of electricity for customers in Georgetown.

Affected customers were repowered within 20 minutes of the outage. These did not include customers in sections of Kingston, Cummingsburg, Lacytown and Robbstown, who remained without electricity while restorative work was executed; these customers were subsequently repowered at 15:46hrs.

Around 16:07hrs, customers within sections of Kingston, Cummingsburg, Lacytown and Robbstown, experienced a second interruption in the supply of electricity; this was due to burst 13.8 kilovolt distribution lines along Cowan Street. Extensive restorative works were performed, which included stringing of distribution lines and reconnecting all associated line hardware in an effort to restore the supply of electricity. Following the completion of the aforementioned works, electricity was incrementally restored and the last area was repowered at 20:07hrs.

In an isolated incident, customers from Unity to Bygeval, East Coast Demerara, experienced an interruption in the supply of electricity around 15:00hrs on Monday. This was due to a fault along the 13.8 kilovolt distribution lines at Mahaica. Remedial work commenced on Tuesday and continued until Wednesday morning around 10:15hrs. All affected communities were thereafter repowered. GPL Inc. extends sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused.