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Power

Sri Lanka to open power transmission to private sector: President

"We have already identified four grid lines; we will tender those four very soon."

October 13, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka approves tax exemptions for Kerawalapitiya-Colombo port cable project

Designating the transmission link as a Special Project is necessary to secure vital exemptions from Value Added Tax, cus

October 7, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Resus Energy bids for 16MW battery storage projects

Two of its subsidiaries have submitted bids within the qualifying price range to set up 16 MW or 64 MW

September 29, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka defends rooftop solar Net Plus shift

Says previous billing models unfairly forced millions of non-solar consumers to subsidise high nighttime generation cost...

September 27, 2026 2 min read
Resus Energy green bond listed on Luxembourg bourse

Listed its green bond on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE), creating a dual listing for the debt security,

Sri Lanka probes nationwide blackout as coal plant trip destabilizes solar-heavy grid

Laugfs power commissions 2MW mini hydro power plant in Deniyaya, Sri Lanka

Developed and implemented through PAMS Power (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary

May 11, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka's regulator allows 18% electricity tariff rise after fuel price hike, lower quality coal

The regulator expects the latest price hike will affect only 5% of the users

May 9, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka moving to stabilize electricity grid with software, battery storage: Minister

Two committees appointed to investigate power failure of Feb 2025, made 12 recommendations to secure grid

May 5, 2026 2 min read

Fitch Ratings withdraws Sri Lanka CEB's A(lka) rating after utility break-up

CEB has been replaced with 6 state-owned companies

April 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka receives first crude shipment after Middle East escalation

Sri Lanka’s Sapugaskanda oil refinery has been modified to refine Murban since 2012

April 17, 2026 2 min read

ADB launches new fund to accelerate progress on ASEAN power grid

Regional Connectivity Fund for Energy in Southeast Asia (RCF) will advance the development of the ASEAN Power Grid

April 7, 2026 3 min read

Sri Lanka president admits sub-standard coal impacting electricity generation

“We can’t taste it and see [ha-pa-la ba-lan-na be-he]."

April 7, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka to develop Rs243bn Maha Oya pumped storage hydro project

Grid-scale energy storage solution to store excess energy

April 2, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka greenlights battery storage plan

This move is intended to allow solar producers to store excess energy generated during the day for use during peak hours

April 1, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka regulator approves electricity tariff hike

The CEB sought a tariff increase of 13.56 percent

March 30, 2026 2 min read
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Sri Lanka CEB officials get solar training in India

Capacity building programme in India for Ceylon Electricity Board engineers

March 26, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka allows fuel business locally in US dollars for select sectors

Trading in foreign currency is usually not permitted in Sri Lanka

March 17, 2026 1 min read

EXPLAINER-Navigating Sri Lanka’s high-stakes economic tightrope amid soaring oil prices

Sri Lanka has already raised fuel prices over soaring global oil prices after U.S./Israel's attack on Iran

Shihar Aneez
March 10, 2026 16 min read

Six new companies take over operations of Sri Lanka's power utility

Debenture liability has been assigned to Electricity Distribution Lanka (Pvt) Limited

March 9, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka unbundles power utility in move to encourage private sector participation

Extraordinary Gazette announced that the provisions of the new act will come into operation next Monday (9).

March 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka promised battery tariff not given, renewable energy wasted: solar firms

Though several reminders have been sent guidelines or the PPA has not been given

January 24, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka CEB un-bundling to cost Rs10.6bn from lost economies of scale

The benefit came from economies of scale and shared operational efficiencies of the consolidated structure

January 12, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka electricity price hike request on a depreciated rupee as oil, coal prices fall

Renewable energy investors also cannot work with the uncertainty of the flexible exchange rate

January 12, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka wants to bring generation costs below Rs25 rupees: Power Minister

As a general policy we want to buy all electricity units on a competitive basis and bring down costs

January 7, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka power utility seeks electricity tariff hike of 11.57-pct

A deficit of LKR 13,094 million has been estimated for the period from January to March 2026 requiring a tariff increase

January 2, 2026 2 min read