?The Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) is ask­ing cus­tomers to re­duce their con­sump­tion of elec­tric­i­ty. In a re­lease yes­ter­day, the com­mis­sion said that around 12.15 pm, the pow­er sup­ply to Port-of-Spain and en­vi­rons was in­ter­rupt­ed due to in­ad­e­quate gen­er­a­tion ca­pac­i­ty at the Pos Pow­er Sta­tion.

The pow­er was less than the min­i­mum con­tract­ed ca­pac­i­ty which re­sult­ed in the im­port of pow­er on the trans­mis­sion sys­tem. The re­sult was an over­load on one of the lines in­to Port-of-Spain which tripped. The lim­it­ed ca­pac­i­ty at the Port-of-Spain Pow­er Sta­tion was then in­ad­e­quate to meet the city's load de­mand, re­sult­ing in a rolling out­age, the re­lease stat­ed.

T&TEC and Pow­er­Gen per­son­nel re­spond­ed and re­stored 75 per cent ca­pac­i­ty to the trans­mis­sion and gen­er­a­tion sys­tems. Pow­er­Gen con­tin­ues to make ca­pac­i­ty avail­able at Port-of-Spain. The ca­pac­i­ty short­fall at Port-of-Spain has un­for­tu­nate­ly re­sult­ed in the need to shed load in sur­round­ing ar­eas. The com­mis­sion and Pow­er­Gen have apol­o­gised for the in­con­ve­nience caused.