PUCSL says that the power supply will not be cut off till Thursday

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says that power cuts will not be imposed in the country until January 27, as there are sufficient fuel supplies. The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator, has decided to reconsider the proposal made by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) on 27th January 2022 on power interruption as there is no need for a power cut from today to 27th of January 2022.

 

Explaining further, Mr Janaka Ratnayake, Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka says, Sri Lanka is expected to receive a stock of crude oil by the end of this month and after refining the fuel will be supplied to power plants which uses fossil fuels and Naphtha fuel for generation of electricity.

 

With that, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka is confident that there will be uninterrupted electricity supply. In addition, steps have already been taken to make effective use of state-owned and private sector owned generators as a medium-term solution, it said.

 

In Sri Lanka more than 3000 MW of capacity is owned by various state and private organizations and, a methodology will be introduced to supply power efficiently from those generators, the commission said.