INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has made a request from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to increase electricity
tariffs once again, citing the need to cover the costs for thermal power generation during the months when arid weather conditions were
prevalent across the country.CEB General Manager Eng
Narendra De Silva said they have sought an electricity tariff hike in October, which was supposed to be made in January.Dr
De Silva said the CEB had to bear additional costs for power generation as it was unable to generate an adequate amount of hydropower this
year.According to him, 4,500 gigawatt hours (GWh) of hydropower was expected to be produced, but only 3,750 GWh of hydropower had been
produced.Thereby, an additional 750 GWh of electricity had to be produced from thermal power plants, adding that additional costs had to be
28), would be taken into consideration.
