{"id":18374,"date":"2024-04-11T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18374"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:57:40","slug":"ppp-general-secretary-outlines-plans-to-address-electricity-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ppp-general-secretary-outlines-plans-to-address-electricity-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP General Secretary Outlines Plans to Address Electricity Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current electricity situation in Guyana has caused concern and disruption, but according to Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, the General Secretary of the PPP (People&#8217;s Progressive Party), it is an issue inherited by the current administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement to reporters, Dr. Jagdeo assured the public that the PPP government has a clear plan to tackle this issue through a comprehensive long-term strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo acknowledged the severity of the electricity problem and emphasized that the government is fully aware of the challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged Guyanese citizens to understand the complexities the government faces and its efforts to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the key points Dr. Jagdeo highlighted was the missed opportunity to replace outdated generation sets when the Amaila Falls hydro project was rejected by the opposition coalition APNU\/AFC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the plan was to replace old equipment with newer, more efficient technology, but without the Amaila project, little to no investment was made between 2015 and 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the demand for electricity increasing due to the construction of new homes, hotels, and factories, the power company is struggling to meet this demand with its current assets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized the need for a definitive solution to this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the interim, Dr. Jagdeo revealed that the government is actively seeking to purchase 40-80 megawatts of power, which will be in place for two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, investments in solar energy will continue, and efforts to restart the Amaila Falls project and repair power generation systems are underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPP General Secretary&#8217;s remarks underscore the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing the electricity crisis and implementing measures to ensure a reliable and sustainable energy supply for Guyanese citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan The current electricity situation in Guyana has caused concern and disruption, but according to Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, the General Secretary of the PPP (People&#8217;s Progressive Party), it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18374","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=18374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18376,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18374\/revisions\/18376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}