PHILIPSBURG--NV GEBE disclosed in a statement on Tuesday night that Monday’s outages throughout the country were a result of a fire and mechanical failure at the Cay Bay power plant.
As stated in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Herald, the company had said in a statement on Monday that it was load-shedding and that power interruptions still should be expected while it was in the process of overhauling its engines.
“There were no injuries with respect to the fire,” NV GEBE stated in Tuesday night’s release. “One of the medium-sized power-generation units caught fire and was quickly extinguished by the fire systems and staff at the power plant.
“Thereafter, power plant personnel had to deal with one of the larger units developing a mechanical problem. After a thorough inspection of the medium-sized unit, this generator was brought back online. Later in the day on Monday the larger unit was also brought back online. On Tuesday there were no mechanical challenges,” the release continued.
Concerning the previously reported interruptions to be expected, NV GEBE had said the current works would be completed “by the end of next week, at which time customers will see improvement in the reliability of power distribution throughout the country. NV GEBE will continue to make other power-related upgrades during the months of October and November to catch up with deferred maintenance.”
The company apologised to consumers for any inconvenience caused.
