GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it anticipates by Christmas a relief in the electricity problems being experienced by consumers.
Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is engaged in a load-shedding exercise and in a meeting with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to discuss the ongoing situation, the Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, said the government had invested US$27.5 million to procure 17 generator sets.
“On the 22nd of November, the engines will arrive in Guyana, which is 17 engines by 1.7 megawatts, which will give you the 28.9 megawatts that will deal with our demand and should be ready for the 15th of December to be plugged into the grid so that you can have relief in the Christmas time,” Indar said.
He said while the country awaits the completion of the 300-megawatt gas-to-energy project, GPL is already planning to meet projected demand increases for 2024.
He said that there will be an estimated peak of 236 megawatts next year. Currently, the country has 203.5 megawatts of reliable generating capacity, with Indar noting that in 2020, the reliable generation capacity fluctuated between 96 and 117 megawatts. The peak at that time was 120 megawatts.
In 2021, the peak demand increased to approximately 136 megawatts; in 2022, it grew to about 154 megawatts. This year has seen an increase to 184.5 megawatts.
Indar told the private sector group that the government is committed to addressing the issue.
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