Trip on transmission line to power ship causes blackout

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that at approximately 9.15 this morning, the L21 Transmission Line that connects to Power Ship 1 tripped, resulting in the loss of 29 Megawatts of power.
The announcement was promising, even visionary. President Irfaan Ali declared that his government would cover the cost of up to eight subjects for students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams.
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