On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the Guyana Police Force publicly confirmed that an attempted arson targeted a critical Guyana Power and Light (GPL) facility located in the Good Hope community along East Coast Demerara, following a formal on-site inspection of the utility property that same day. Law enforcement officials detailed that their preliminary scene enquiries uncovered clear evidence of premeditated malicious activity: four glass bottles filled with a substance suspected to be kerosene, each fitted with a cloth wick, were recovered near the site’s high-voltage transmission line, alongside a black disposable lighter, a metal saw frame, and scattered shards of broken glass from similar containers. The law enforcement agency traced the foiled attack back to approximately 10:45 PM the preceding Tuesday, when on-site security guards first spotted small flames near the main transmission infrastructure and alerted a 49-year-old GPL operations staff member. The utility employee immediately conducted a full perimeter check and confirmed the small blaze, which burned for roughly three minutes before being contained, preventing any major damage to the substation that supplies power to wide swathes of East Coast Demerara. As of late Wednesday afternoon, neither GPL leadership nor the Ministry of Public Utilities had issued a formal public statement acknowledging the security breach, even as police activated a multi-agency investigative team that includes the Guyana Fire Service to conduct forensic analysis of the recovered incendiary materials. Investigators also confirmed that a network of closed-circuit television cameras covers the immediate area surrounding the substation, and full review of that footage is now underway to identify, track, and apprehend the individual or group responsible for the targeted attack. No suspects have been publicly named as of press time, and authorities are urging any members of the public with information related to the incident to come forward to support the ongoing probe.