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There are adequate stocks of petroleum products and coal for power generation and fuel supply, he said.
The plants will be connected to Anuradhapura, Galle and Deniyaya substations
Feasibility studies have now been done for the three reservoirs
Would supply electricity to the national grid for a period of 20 years.
The business committee had made the decision on Tuesday
Pricing methodology to be revised by November 2025
Power cuts of 1 hours and 40 minutes between 01.00 pm and 06.00 pm and 1 hour 20 minutes from 06.00pm to 10.00 pm.
Power cuts worsened by coal plant outages
The project has been awarded to 3W Power Management Ltd.
Coal plant expected to be back on stream on August 29
One-hour power cuts were extended due to a breakdown in Norochcholai coal power plant
Power cut durations were extended to three hours last week due to a breakdown at the Norochcholai coal power plant.
The move also aims to promote a greener transportation sector, a statement said.
The announcement came at a time when relations between India and Sri Lanka are being tested.
Sri Lanka has enough capacity to manage the next two weeks, while Unit 1 was brought back online.
Currently only Unit 3 of the Norochcholai power plant is in operation.
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The breakdown has occurred in Unit 1 of the plant.
Norochcholai has been in a constant state of breakdown or maintenance over the years.
Sri Lanka hiked its electricity tariffs for the first time in 9 years last week.
Electricity prices were last hiked in 2013 however were slashed almost by 25% in 2014
FTZMA said the high tariffs which are driving up cost of production would make Sri Lankan products highly uncompetitive
“On holidays, power consumption goes down by almost 10 percent. That benefit is being passed down to the people."
The decision was made “despite several objections raised against the proposed scheme,” the PUCSL said.
This will be the first time electricity rates are increased in nine years.
For the first time since April, the country did not cut power on Aug 06-07 due to hydropower generation
This is the first time since mid-April 2022 the daily power cuts have not been implemented.
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