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.