GEORGETOWN. Guyana, CMC – The state-owned Guyana Energy and Gentle (GPL) is up for an overhaul of its administration as a part of its main enlargement plans as a result of, in line with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, the present prime brass is less than the duty.
“I don’t assume the present administration can lead that course of, that they will deal with the entire points,” he instructed a weekly information convention at his Individuals’s Progressive Celebration (PPP) headquarters.
“I’m bored with excuses” that have been being given for energy outages, mentioned Jagdeo, who additionally conceded that there was extra load on the ability grid.
With the “large” plans to have a secure and sensible grid by 2030 via the 300 megawatt pure gas-fired energy plant and doubtless a second 300 megawatt energy plant, he emphasised the necessity to enhance the ability firm’s administration.
We additionally want to make sure worth for cash from administration, and strengthening administration is one other essential job. It could be silly of us to place in all of this funding and to reinforce not the administration and the potential of GPL to handle the method,” Jagdeo added.
He mentioned the Dominican Republic-based InterEnergy Group has been chosen via sole sourcing to supervise the large enlargement of Guyana’s energy grid, which can transmit and distribute electrical energy as soon as the primary energy plant comes on stream by mid-2026. Energy China and Kalpataru of India have been contracted to construct the greater than US$400 million transmission traces, substations, and associated amenities.
“You’ll be able to’t preserve the identical administration for a corporation that will look totally different, very totally different,” Jagdeo mentioned. The president made the assertion following one other energy outage on Thursday.
Earlier within the day, most areas within the capital have been with out energy; nonetheless, GPL technicians have since remoted the issue and have restored energy.
It’s reported {that a} feeder had earlier tripped, and energy firm staff later positioned the issue. The outage reportedly stemmed from extreme lightning that accompanied heavy rainfall late Thursday morning and early afternoon.
