Chinese loan for power system.

Guyana is turning to a US$40 million loan from China to overhaul its crumbling electrical system and end rolling blackouts Rolling blackout refers to an intentionally-engineered electrical power outage, caused by insufficient available resources to meet prevailing demand for electricity. For information about accidental blackouts that are not intentionally engineered, see power outage. , reports AP (May 2, 2009). Guyana Power & Light manager Bharrat Dindyal says the funds will be used to build several substations and link power grids in the capital and southeastern Berbice, the region which is the country's breadbasket and produces rice, sugar and vegetables. Government blames aging equipment and contaminated contaminated,
v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material.
2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials.
3. an infective surface or object. fuel for frequent power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965

The Northeast Blackout of 1965 on November 9, 1965.

1977

The infamous New York City Blackout of July 13-14, 1977, resulted in looting and rioting.

that residents say are often followed by dangerous surges. Dindyal said that as many as 23,000 illegal electrical hookups in impoverished im·pov·er·ished
adj.
1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken. See Synonyms at poor.

2. Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted: areas also have hurt service.

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Date:	Jun 1, 2009
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