Essequibo electricity to return to normalcy this evening
DPI, Guyana, Friday, August 24, 2018
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has confirmed that electricity distribution along the Essequibo coast will return to normal this evening.
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson
Speaking with the Department of Public Information (DPI), Minister Patterson explained that the Anna Regina Power station usually operates with a capacity of 9.6 megawatts. However, over a period several sets went down resulting in load shedding.
Further, a total outage was scheduled to facilitate rearrangement of the generators and transformers to accommodate the installation of the No 12 unit. Also, intermittent problems with individual machines also led to unscheduled outages.
“We installed two sets with a total of capacity 3.1 MW this week so power will be back to normal this evening. It is expected that by 6 pm today another two units will be available resulting in a total capacity of 5.8 MW that will be able to meet the demand.”
With regards to the new Power Station, all the generators and auxiliary equipment are on site as of August 22nd. Commercial operation is expected by December.
By: Ranetta La Fleur