The Guyana Power and Light Company Inc (GPL) is currently behind schedule when it comes to the substation construction that it had rolled out in order to improve its transmission and distribution services and has now pushed back its completion date to the end of the first quarter of 2014.This was confirmed by Chief Executive Officer of the Power Company, Bharrat Dindyal who,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, while not delving into much detail, said that the delays stemmed from issues with the contractor.The Good Hope sub-stationIn an invited comment,China NFL Jerseys, he said that the issues with the contractor had to do with their coordination among others.The GPL, CEO did commit to holding a media briefing at a future date where the matter will be fully ventilated.Substations are being built to serve areas including Vreed-en-Hoop and Edinburgh on the West Coast of Demerara, North Ruimveldt,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Sophia/Liliendaal, Good Hope, ECD, Columbia, Mahaicony ECD and Golden Grove,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, East Bank Demerara.The project is a collaborative effort between the Government of Guyana,Wholesale Jerseys China, GPL and China, through a concessionary loan of US$38.96M from the China Export-Import Bank (Eximbank).This amount is supplemented by US$3.9M for preparatory works, including route clearing,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, site preparation and backfilling to above 2005 flood levels.The programme entails the construction of seven new substations; expansion/upgrade of three existing substations; construction of approximately 96 km of 69 kV transmission lines, including a link between the Demerara and Berbice Interconnected Systems; 2.1 km of submarine cable; the construction of a new central control centre with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) capabilities, and installation of 251 km of fibre optic cable.The power company said these developments will result in improve quality of supply, system stability, improved voltage regulation, and reduction of technical losses.The new 69 Kva Sophia substation,MLB Jerseys From China, built under the Infrastructure Development Programme (IDP) is considered to be the nerve centre for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL.) This was successfully connected in July last year to the national grid.