WITH many measures being undertaken to reduce power outages which have recently increased in frequency, the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is currently considering purchasing power from Giftland Mall.

This is according to the Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar who made this disclosure during a press conference at GPL’s office in Kingston on Thursday.
As the minister spoke on the measures currently being undertaken to increase generation to the company’s grid, he noted that a management team was expected to meet with officials at Giftland to discuss the possibility of supplying power to the grid.

“They said they have some generating capacity that they can add to the grid,” he said.
When the People’s Progressive Party Civic government took office in 2020, an arrangement was made for Giftland Mall to supply power to the national grid.
In November 2020, it was reported that GPL would be receiving a maximum of five megawatts of power from the Giftland Mall which would form part of power company’s efforts to provide more reliable energy to Guyanese.

However, Indar explained on Thursday that after some time, Giftland experienced issues with their generating capacity and was unable to continue its supply to the national grid.
Further to this, he said that Giftland officials subsequently indicated to GPL that power can now be supplied.