Electricity problems grow on Grenada’s sister isle of Carriacou
The island of Carriacou, which recently experienced island-wide power outages due to a fire at a power plant and then generator issues, is now facing another challenge as electricity will now have to be rotated to different parts of the island.
Grenada Electricity Services Ltd (Grenlec), in a statement, says on the evening of May 23, the generator that had been overheating at Grenlec’s Carriacou Power Plant was forced out of service because of further technical difficulties.
The unit temporarily out of service is the larger of the two generators supplying electricity to the Island in the aftermath of the fire at the Plant on April 28.
This loss of additional generation resulted in an islandwide outage. This new development means that the load-shedding schedule published by Grenlec will not be implemented.
Instead, electricity will be rotated to different parts of the island, prioritising emergency facilities and commercial centres.
Wallace Collins, Carriacou and Petite Martinique Branch Manager, said: “Additional technical resources have been mobilised to assist with resolving the issues on the generator to restore service to more customers”.
Grenlec officials are now awaiting verification on whether the containerised rental unit from Trinidad will make a shipment this week.
Extending apologies to customers for the latest events, Collins notes: “In the meantime, Grenlec is exploring other options for more immediate relief for customers in Carriacou”.
Grenlec says it will continue to update customers as the situation changes.
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