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Fire severely damaged a 5.5 megawatt (MW) generator and destroyed related electrical wiring at the Kingston, Georgetown-based Power Producers and Distributors Inc (PPDI), but Public Works Minister Deodat Indar said on Thursday that consumers should not worry as sufficient electricity is being generated to satisfy peak demand. He confirmed that the blaze occurred at 1 o’clock Sunday morning due to ...

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said numerous areas in Berbice, Georgetown and East Bank Demerara would Monday night have no electricity due to a fault along sections of its submarine cable that links the Vreed-en-Hoop to Kingston power stations. “On Sunday night, June 2, the submarine cable which links our Kingston and Vreed-en-Hoop Stations developed a suspected fault along ...