{"id":19550,"date":"2024-05-08T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19550"},"modified":"2024-05-08T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:44:59","slug":"gpl-urges-prepaid-customers-to-upgrade-to-sts-6-before-november-1-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gpl-urges-prepaid-customers-to-upgrade-to-sts-6-before-november-1-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL Urges Prepaid Customers to Upgrade to STS 6 Before November 1 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Power &amp; Light (GPL) is advising prepaid meter users to undergo an international upgrade from Standard Transfer Specification 4 (STS 4) to Standard Transfer Specification 6 (STS 6) before November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The international upgrade to STS version 6 will bring enhanced capabilities and features to prepaid meters, including improved scalability, performance, and security of the technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is crucial for prepaid users to complete this upgrade early to ensure that electricity tokens can be applied successfully after the November 1 deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Renford Homer, GPL&#8217;s Deputy CEO Support Services, approximately 48,000 prepaid customers are required to undergo this upgrade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers can initiate the upgrade process by contacting GPL via call or text message, with options even available through WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important for customers to complete the upgrade process, as failure to do so will result in electricity tokens being rejected when attempted to be applied in the meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To facilitate the upgrade, customers are advised to contact GPL at 603 8645 or 690-3128 to receive the necessary instructions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This upgrade is an international requirement affecting millions of customers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensuring the timely completion of this upgrade is essential to maintaining the efficiency and reliability of prepaid meter services provided by GPL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick The Guyana Power &amp; Light (GPL) is advising prepaid meter users to undergo an international upgrade from Standard Transfer Specification 4 (STS 4) to Standard Transfer Specification&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19550","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\/19550","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=19550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19552,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19550\/revisions\/19552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}