{"id":13024,"date":"2023-10-06T18:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13024"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:35:45","slug":"president-ali-addresses-electricity-supply-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-addresses-electricity-supply-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Addresses Electricity Supply Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured the nation that additional power will be added to the grid by mid-December to accommodate the heightened demand for electricity during the Christmas season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President explained that the recent spate of power outages is attributed to an increased demand for electricity, which now stands at 185 megawatts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) currently has a capacity of only around 175 megawatts, resulting in a deficit of 10 megawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the PPP\/C Government took office, major electricity consumers who were self-generating are now reconnecting to the national grid, as the government has been subsidizing electricity costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has contributed to the surge in electricity consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali disclosed that the government has been subsidizing electricity generation by over 100 million US dollars, providing large companies with a savings of 9 US dollars per kilowatt of electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a three-year period, demand for electricity has surged by 75 megawatts, rising from 110 megawatts in 2020 to the current 185 megawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address the immediate issue, President Ali announced temporary increases in electricity prices during peak hours (1 pm to 3 pm and 6 pm to 10 pm), affecting large electricity-consuming entities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These entities are also given the option to use their own power supply systems during these peak hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This measure will remain in effect until GPL receives additional power generating capacity in mid-December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali also criticized the former APNU+AFC Coalition administration for not investing adequately in the energy sector, particularly noting the abandonment of the 165-megawatt Amaila Falls hydropower plant project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that bids for this project will soon be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Gas-to-Energy project, scheduled to commence by the end of 2024, promises to supply power at a cost of 5 US cents per kilowatt hour, effectively halving consumer electricity costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured the nation that additional power will be added to the grid by mid-December to accommodate the heightened demand for electricity during the Christmas season.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13026,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13024\/revisions\/13026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}