Electricity distribution in Mahdia to be expanded

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DPI, GUYANA, Monday, May 07, 2018

More residents in Mahdia, Region Eight will soon have electricity in their homes.

General Manager of Mahdia Power and Light Incorporated (MPL Inc.), Courtney Handy said plans are underway to extend services to new communities including a new developing housing scheme in Mahdia and upper and lower Campbelltown.

Mahdia Power and Light Incorporated.

Services will also be augmented with the establishment of the Tumatumari Hydro Plant.

MPL Inc. currently has two generators, a 400 and a 625, which operate on 46 or 56 litres an hour, respectively. Twenty hours of electricity are distributed weekly and 24 hours on weekends. However, according to Handy, one of the major challenges is the timely receipt of fuel.

“We mainly get our supply from GUYOIL and that is all the way in Georgetown, so it will take an entire day to come to Mahdia. You have to come through Linden then through Mabura then here, but once we can get that on time everything is fine.”

The utility company is mainly sustained through government subvention and rates accrued from the current 6,116 customers. Handy related to DPI that from May 1, the collection rate was increased from 70 to approximately 90 percent.

He stated that “based on the amount of money we bill, we collect 70 percent from our customers and we’re trying to increase it to somewhere to 90 so that we can improve our efficiency and achieve our goal of expanding services.”

According to the GM, operations are running smoothly with the two engines. Total capacity is 1.2 megawatts and approximately 368 kilowatts during peak hours.

MPL Inc. is governed by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s the Hinterland Electrification Company Incorporated which is mandated to maintain the steady extension and upgrade of electricity supply systems across the hinterland, progressively improve operations and merge isolated services as appropriate.

General Manager of Mahdia Power and Light Incorporated, Courtney Handy.

 

By: Ranetta La Fleur.

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