– is one of the first usersGuyana’s push to install prepaid meters in homes across the country is being taken seriously by management of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), so seriously that its Chief Executive Officer, Bharat Dindyal, has decided to be among the first to have one.The GPL top man made the disclosure yesterday during a media tour of the new Kingston Power Station.The meter, working with technology similar to cell phones where one purchases credit via a card and enters a hidden number, has been installed earlier this month at the home of Managing Director.“I can’t understand why anyone would not want one. It is a powerful tool for conservation,” he said.Last year, GPL announced that it was embarking on a pilot project to install the new meters.Purchasing 2,300 meters,Cheap Jerseys, the power company targeted Festival City,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, Georgetown, and earlier this year installed a number of them.However, the campaign immediately ran into problems with residents claiming that it was too “technical” to understand and GPL was not giving them a choice. There were also accusations that the power company was targeting only Afro-dominated communities.Responding to media queries yesterday, Dindyal was positive that the campaign to install more meters will pick up steam as the education process continues.So far, only 14 of the meters have been installed, but there have been encouraging signs of increasing interests.GPL is so confident, that it is already in the process of ordering 3,000 more meters and taking the campaign of conservation to Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder, Berbice.The Chief Executive Officer noted that installations in Festival City have not stopped, but rather, residents there are being given time to reflect on “what we are doing”.The matter of the prepaid meters had even engaged the attention of the Opposition Leader,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Robert Corbin, who has since written Prime Minister Samuel Hinds for clarifications.GPL will not be thinking too much of forcing consumers who have been caught stealing electricity, to resort to the prepaid meters. “We would prefer to have the technology rolled out”, Dindyal said.Regarding the reduction of electricity theft through the use of the prepaid meters,Harrison Barnes Jersey, the official noted that the impact has “raised the bar significantly”.With all kinds of complaints being launched against GPL, including incorrect meter reading; incorrectly estimated bills; consumers conserving but bill amount not decreasing; not being billed accurately,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, “I just paid the bill and they disconnected me”,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/FC-Barcelona/,the official said that the prepaid meter is the perfect answer.There is no fixed charge or meter rental. GPL is installing the instrument free of cost to clients – a cost of $30,000 that the power company is “giving up”.(Leonard Gildarie)