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Sri Lanka borrows US $ 350mn from ADB for roads, wind power park

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The Finance and Mass Media Ministry yesterday entered into two loan agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to borrow US $ 150 million for the development of 3400 kilometres (km) of rural roadways and US $ 200 million for the implementation of a 100 megawatt (MW) wind power generation project.

The 3,400 km of rural access roads, inclusive of 340 km of national highways, will be upgraded under the agreement signed through the Second Integrated Road Investment Programme.

The significance of this programme is that these roads will be developed to suit all weather conditions.
Improving the capacity of road agencies with respect to safeguards, road safety, maintenance, research capacity and road design and construction is another component of
the programme.

The programme will be implemented in the Northern, Eastern, Uva and Western Provinces.
Under the first phase of this programme, 3,108 km of rural access roads and 248 km of national roads in the Southern, Central, Sabaragamuwa, North Western, North Central Provinces and Kalutara District in the Western Province are being improved and maintained.

The total investment cost of the first tranche of this project is US $ 172.1 million. ADB provides US $ 150 million and the government’s contribution will be US $ 22.1 million.

Meanwhile, the proposed 100 MW wind farm will be constructed in Mannar Island of the Northern Province.

In addition, wind park infrastructure will be developed, including the wind park’s internal medium voltage infrastructure, internal cabling and access roads, establishment of a renewable energy dispatch control centre for forecasting and controlling and managing intermittent 100 MW wind power generation.

The total investment cost of this project is US $ 256.7 million, of which, US $ 200 million will be provided by ADB as a direct loan to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) under a Treasury guarantee. The balance US $ 56.7 million will be financed by the CEB.

 

Sri Lanka’s regulator mulls ‘alternative structure’ to expand power generation

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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s energy regulator has said it will look at an ‘alternative structure’ to the state-owned power utility in expanding power generation to prevent its delays in adding plants from damaging the economy.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) estimates the total expected financial loss due to implementation delays of the Ceylon Electricity Board’s 2018-2020 plant schedule in the long term generation expansion plan is Rs50.62 billion.

The financial loss due to any further delay beyond what is forecast will cost Rs3.43 billion for each month, it said in a statement on the financial impact of delay in implementation of power plants.

“The government may consider a change in industry structure if the generation plan implementation cannot be efficiently carried out within the current structure,” it said.

Asked to explain, the PUCSL said: “Procurement of generation plants on a timely basis is a responsibility of the transmission licensee, which is CEB.

“Delays in implementation of plants will have an adverse effect on the economy. Therefore, if this cannot be achieved within the existing structure, then we need to look into an alternative structure. Determination of the structure should be done by a specialist in that area.”
(COLOMBO, November 20, 2017)

Govt. may change industry structure if proposed generation plans fail: PUCSL

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  • CEB’s procurement processes delay power plants required to be constructed

  • Delays in implementing planned power plants could cost the country Rs.50.8bn

  • Power Ministry secy. says disagreements between PUCSL and CEB engineers causing delays  

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) recently recommended the government to consider changing the structure of the power industry, if the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) cannot bring the procurement process for the planned power plants to normalcy, to avoid a possible power crisis and Rs.50.8 billion in losses.

“The government may consider a change in the industry structure if the generation plan implementation cannot be efficiently carried out within the current structure,” the PUCSL said in a report.

The CEB has run into delays in the procurement processes to implement the power plants required to be constructed in the 2018-2020 period.

“The Public Utilities Commission has been continuously monitoring the progress of the CEB in implementing the approved plan and has observed delays in the procurement process of power plants expected to be commissioned by 2020,” the utilities regulator’s report said.

According to the PUCSL, in addition to the Rs.50.8 billion loss, which would be incurred due to the cost escalations and the requirement to power the country with expensive thermal power generation in the interim, each extra month of delay beyond forecasted would cost Rs.3.43 billion per month.
“These financial loss or cost overrun figures are merely the primary outcomes of implementation delays. The cumulative effect of implementation delays over the next three-year period can very likely trigger a power crisis that can seriously affect the national economy,” the PUCSL said.

At the recent Sri Lanka Energy Forum organised by the PUCSL, National Policies and Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva pledged to take action against the CEB officials who contribute towards further delays in the power sector tender processes, after inconsistencies and delays were reported on the 300MW Kerawalapitiya liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant procurement.

Power and Energy Ministry Secretary Dr. Suren Batagoda yesterday downplayed the impact of the PUCSL report.

“Various people have various views about this,” he told Mirror Business during a telephone interview, when questioned on the implications the publication of this report has on the country.

When reminded that the PUCSL was a government institution and such a report therefore communicates an official view of the government, Dr. Batagoda said that delays have taken place because of the disagreements between the PUCSL and engineers who sit on the committees on the proposal evaluation and implementation process.

“It’s the disagreements between the engineers and the PUCSL. The engineers are not willing to accept the power generation plan approved by the PUCSL,” Dr. Batagoda said.

Dr. Batagoda said that there would have been inevitable delays for the projects approved under the generation plan, even if there was no disagreement between the two parties.

Speaking specifically on the 300MW LNG power plant currently in the procurement process and which the PUCSL had expected would come online by January 2019, Dr. Batagoda said that it would have been impossible to bring it online by 2019 even under the normal circumstances.

“It anyway would have been 2020,” he said, while adding that the tender board for the LNG plant is currently evaluating five bids.

Meanwhile, the PUCSL noted that it is assuming the 122MW Uma Oya hydro plant and the various solar, wind and mini-hydro projects planned for 2018-2020, would be delayed by one year.

The CEB engineers want coal to be included in the power generation plan, although the approved plan, which focuses on the environmentally friendly LNG fuel and other renewable energy sources, was chosen among the scenarios that the PUCSL requested the CEB to submit.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Govt-may-change-industry-structure-if-proposed-generation-plans-fail-PUCSL-140740.html

Power crisis looms due to implementation delays: PUCSL

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The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has predicted that the cumulative effect of implementation delays over the next three years “can very likely trigger a Power crisis that can seriously affect the national economy”. The Electricity Regulator has also taken a stand against Emergency Power being bought to meet the energy shortfall that may be caused by implementation delays, and said the costs must not be passed onto the customers through tariffs.
The PUCSL yesterday issued a 5-page Report titled, ‘Financial Impact of Delay in Implementation of Power Plants’. The power plants referred to are in the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) Generation Expansion Plan.

“The Commission does not recommend purchasing Emergency Power in the future, to meet any capacity or energy deficit due to implementation delays of these upcoming Power Plants, and is of the view that such costs should not be passed through to the consumers through tariffs,” the Report states. “The Government may consider a change in industry structure if the generation plan implementation cannot be efficiently carried out within the current structure.”

The Report warns that Sri Lanka will suffer a staggering loss of Rs 50.62 billion due to implementation delays in the 2018-2020 Power Plant schedule. Any delay beyond the estimated periods forecast by the PUCSL, will cost a further Rs 3.43 billion a month. The Regulator “has been continuously monitoring the progress of the CEB in implementing the approved plan, and has observed delays in the procurement process of Power Plants expected to be commissioned by 2020”.

The Kerawalapitiya 300 MW natural gas-fired Power Plant, the 122 MW Uma Oya Hydro Plant and various solar, wind and mini-hydro projects are now overdue. And cost overruns and load shedding (interruption of an Electricity supply to avoid excessive load on generating Plants) are prominent and direct consequences of these delays.

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/171119/news/power-crisis-looms-due-to-implementation-delays-pucsl-269438.html

ADB to support 100MW wind farm in Sri Lanka

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to support the construction of a 100 MW wind farm in Sri Lanka with a $200 million loan.

Accrding to a report in the Modern Power systems website the wind farm, located in Mannar Island in the north of Sri Lanka, is considered to be the country’s first wind farm and is scheduled to start operations in 2021.

ADB will provide the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with a $200 million loan for the $256 million project, which will help the country to meet its renewable energy goals. The project will also help CEB to establish procedures that will allow for further wind farm developments in the future, the report claimed.

ADB principal energy specialist Mukhtor Khamudkhanov said: “The new wind power generation project will not only provide access to a clean and reliable power supply in Sri Lanka, but also create an environment for further wind power development through future public-private partnerships.

“Diversifying the country’s power generation through clean, renewable energy sources will improve the country’s energy security and environment.”

Sri Lanka generates around two-thirds of its electricity from coal and oil. It has a target of generating at least 20 per cent of its power from renewable resources by 2020.

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1034357/adb-to-support-100mw-wind-farm-in-sri-lanka

 

Pricing formula for fuel by March next year; electricity by September

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The government is now committed under the structural benchmarks of the IMF to introduce a pricing formula for fuel in March and a pricing formula for energy probably by September, next year,” Coomaraswamy told a forum in Colombo, this week.

State-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has a near total monopoly in electricity generation and a total monopoly in transmission and distribution in Sri Lanka, while Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has only one private sector competitor—Lanka Indian Oil Company PLC.

Both the CEB and CPC have been selling their products and services at subsidized prices and as a result, have accumulated losses running into billions of rupees, becoming two of the largest loss-making state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

  •  Govt. committed to introduce price formula under IMF structural benchmarks
  • This will allow CEB and CPC to price products and services in a cost-reflective manner
  • Successive governments have used electricity tariffs and fuel prices to sway voters

Although the government directs these two state-owned utilities to sell their products and services at subsidized prices, no budgetary transfers are done to support these subsidies, leaving them with a precarious financial predicament, which becomes toxic with their inherent inefficiencies.

A pricing formula will allow these utilities to price their products and services in a cost-reflective manner and keep the political interferences at bay. Successive governments have used electricity tariffs and fuel prices to sway

http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Pricing-formula-for-fuel-by-March-next-year-electricity-by-September-139224.html

* China, Sri Lanka joint venture to set up a 400MW LNG power plant in Hambantota

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Nov 09, Colombo: The Governments of China and Sri Lanka have taken steps to implement a joint project to establish a 400 MW Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) power plant in Hambantota.

The project will be implemented with the prime objective of providing electricity to the industrial zone proposed to be constructed at Hambantota and to overcome the power scarcity that may occur in the future.

The project is expected to be implemented as a Joint Venture between the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), nominated by the Government of China and the Ceylon Electricity Board.

It will be included in long term energy plan approved by Public Utilities Commission and implemented with relevant approvals.

The proposal made by the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy Ranjith Siyambalapitiya to implement the proposed project with relevant approvals was approved by the Cabinet.

The Sri Lankan government has decided not to set up anymore coal power plants in the country and hopes the country to be 100 percent powered by renewable energy by 2030.

India’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas, Petronet LNG Ltd will soon form a joint venture with Japanese and Sri Lankan companies to set up a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal near Colombo in Sri Lanka

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_17B/Nov09_1510244353CH.php

 

Sri Lanka’s Ceypetco loses Rs68bn in nine months

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ECONOMYNET – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, a key trigger of economic instability in the country, has lost 68 billion rupees in the nine months to September 2017, amid mis-pricing of fuel, officials said.

CPC is now losing 11 rupees on a litre of petrol, 7 rupees on a litre of diesel and 25 rupees from kerosene, after paying turnover taxes.

Sri Lanka’s government has still not made a decision on implementing a price formula, Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said.

“The decision on pricing formula has to be taken by the government,” Ranatunga told reporters. “Unfortunate thing is if we try to get a formula done, it will affect the masses,” he claimed.

“In the future there can be a change. But at the moment we are not looking at it. I do not think it is the best time to do it, since the cost of living has gone up.”

Energy however is used less by the poor, and mostly by the rich. Economists say 70 percent of the fuel sold in the country are consumed by the upper 30 percent of income earners in society, an economist said last week.

The consumption of either petrol, diesel or electricity goes up with income.

Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said off-budget subsidies given by CPC and CEB has been a problem.

Losses of the CPC or Ceylon Electricity Board or both has also triggered balance of payments crises in the past when they were accommodated by central bank credit, when interest rates were not allowed to go up, with the rupee collapsing, pushing inflation up and hurting the poor most.

Later taxes collected from foods of the common people including from hospital bills, are used by the Treasury to subsidize CPC and CEB, whose customers included exporters who sell goods in countries with higher income levels.

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CEB engineers go to courts Claim PUCSL acted beyond mandate

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By Niranjala Ariyawansha

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The former President and the former Secretary of the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) have filed action in the Court of Appeal seeking a ban on the Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP).

They allege that it was prepared illegally by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) acting beyond the authority granted to them in the Sri Lanka Electricity Act.

They have also requested a Writ Order to withdraw the letter sent on 3 August 2017 to the General Manager…of the CEB by the PUCSL, stating that the LCLTGEP should be implemented immediately.

This case has been filed by former president Athula Wanniarachchi and former Secretary Chamil Edirimuni of the CEBEU.

Wanniarachchi told Ceylon Today that the CEB will not implement the ‘illegal LCLTGEP’.

LCLTGEP, which was prepared by experts of the CEB, was submitted to the PUCSL on 5 May for approval.

However, it was rejected and the PUCSL prepared another plan and sought approved for implementation.

According to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act No. 20 of 2009, only the CEB has the authority to prepare a LCLTGEP. The PUCSL has the authority only to grant approval for it and to correct any shortcomings if any, and to provide guidelines for a better plan on providing electricity to the consumer at a lower cost.

 

Least-cost generation planning: A tale of two utilities

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CEB engineers pull the plug on Govt.’s power plant plans

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By Sandun Jayawardana

The Government’s plans to procure emergency power plants vital to avert a potential power crisis in 2018-2019 suffered a blow after the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) decided to withdraw from all Technical Evaluation Committees (TECs) in charge of power plant procurement.

The CEBEU’s move marks an escalation of trade union action launched last month amid a bitter dispute over the CEB’s Long Term Power Generation Plan.

Among the emergency procurement plans that have been hit are the 300 Megawatt (MW) Combined Cycle Power Plant at Kerawalapitiya, 100MW barge mounted diesel plant in Galle and four 18MW diesel power plants.

“The Government has also taken Cabinet approval to acquire 100MW of emergency power during the coming dry period from February to May next year, but our members will not work on these high cost procurements,” CEBEU Executive Committee Member Athula Wanniarachchi insisted.

He revealed that two 300MW units of the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant in Norochcholai were scheduled to be shut down on separate occasions for routine maintenance next year for at least 45 days. As such, he warned that meeting the power demand would be difficult next year.

Mr. Wanniarachchi charged that no action had been taken to build a large (thermal or hydro) power plant since Lakvijaya’s Unit 3 was commissioned in 2013. As a result there is a huge power deficit at present and the situation would only worsen in 2018-19.

“The Government should take total responsibility for repercussions which might arise due to non-functioning of TECs working on medium-term and short-term power solutions,” he stressed, claiming the union gave the Government ample time to solve the issue.

The crisis stems from a dispute between the CEB and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the power sector regulator, over the country’s Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP) 2018-2037. The CEB alleges the plan approved by the regulator in July this year was not the plan it submitted. It charges that the PUCSL had exceeded powers vested with it in amending the plan, a charge which the regulator strongly refutes. The PUCSL claims that its analysis found that a “coal free” scenario submitted by the CEB was cheaper than the “base case” plan it recommended, which included coal power plants.

Meanwhile, Power and Renewable Energy Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera said the Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on Energy had taken up the matter several weeks ago and all sides had agreed that the LCLTGEP needed a review.

“We also came to an agreement on the inclusion of coal power plants in the plan,” he said, indicating that proposals for coal power plants would be submitted to the Cabinet and the PUCSL again for approval.

As such, the Deputy Minister said there was no point in the CEBEU intensifying its trade union action.

Mr Wanniarachchi, however, said while an agreement had indeed been reached at the oversight committee some weeks ago, there had been no movement since then.

When contacted, United National Party Parliamentarian Ashu Marasinghe, a member of the SOC on Energy, said the committee hoped to convene again before the end of the month to finalise its decision. He, however, said any changes should be made in line with the Government’s energy policy.

“The Government has also taken Cabinet approval to acquire 100MW of emergency power during the coming dry period from February to May next year, but our members will not work on these high cost procurements,” CEBEU Executive Committee Member Athula Wanniarachchi insisted.

Sri Lanka’s CEB state power utility gets ‘AAA(lka)’ Fitch rating

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ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings Lanka said it given Sri Lanka’s state-owned power utility, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), a National Long-Term Rating of ‘AAA(lka)’ with a Stable Outlook.

CEB’s rating is equalised with that of the sovereign, rated B+/Stable, based on the strong linkages with its parent, in line with Fitch’s Parent and Subsidiary Rating Linkage criteria, a statement said.

“The equalisation takes into consideration CEB’s strategic importance to Sri Lanka in ensuring power security and supply of affordable electricity to the public,” it said.

Fitch said it expects CEB to continue to make losses in 2017 and its balance sheet is significantly weak for a utility company as it sells power below cost at subsidised rates but does not foresee the government implementing a pricing formula in the near-term, given the political and social implications.

The full rating report is given below:

Sri Lanka’s CEB state power utility gets ‘AAA(lka)’ Fitch rating

Oct 16, 2017 11:14 AM

Fitch Ratings-Colombo-13 October 2017: Fitch Ratings Lanka has published Sri Lanka-based Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) National Long-Term Rating of ‘AAA(lka)’ with a Stable Outlook. CEB is fully owned by the Sri Lanka sovereign (B+/Stable).

CEB’s rating is equalised with that of the sovereign based on the strong linkages with its parent, in line with Fitch’s Parent and Subsidiary Rating Linkage criteria. The equalisation takes into consideration CEB’s strategic importance to Sri Lanka in ensuring power security and supply of affordable electricity to the public.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

Strong Linkages with State: Fitch believes the Sri Lankan government uses CEB as a vehicle to provide an essential public service. CEB provides electricity at subsidised tariffs without much financial compensation from the government. Fitch assesses the linkages between CEB and the state to be strong, reflecting high ownership and management control, explicit guarantees and financial support through equity infusions and debt funding. CEB’s strategic importance to the state stems from being the country’s sole grid operator and distributor and accounting for the majority of generation capacity. We expect the state to provide extraordinary support to CEB over and above most other state entities.

We do not expect the government to liberalise the electricity sector or privatise CEB in the medium term, as high generation costs would compel the government to continue providing subsidies, which can be done primarily through a state entity. As such, we do not expect CEB’s linkages with the state to weaken.

Weak Standalone Profile: CEB’s standalone credit profile is weaker than its support-driven rating of ‘AAA(lka)’ due to exposure to high regulatory risks, a weak operating performance and debt-laden balance sheet. However, Fitch believes providing a notch-specific standalone credit view of CEB is meaningless due to poor margin visibility. This stems from a lack of clarity on a tariff framework and absence of a cost-reflective pricing formula, which could adequately cover its generation costs. State support will be necessary to sustain CEB’s operations over the medium term, as Fitch believes electricity will continue to be sold below cost.

Monopoly Status in Power Sector: CEB has almost full network connectivity and accounted for more than 75% of the Sri Lanka’s generation capacity at end-2016. CEB will be the key driver in achieving the government’s target of increasing current installed capacity by 2.5x within 20 years to meet electricity demand, which CEB expects to rise by 5% per annum over the long term. New capacity in mini hydro, thermal and renewable energy will come from private players, but CEB will undertake all large power-generation projects and improvements to the transmission and distribution network, which require significant capital investments.

 

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CEB to Purchase 100MW

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By M.Rishar.M.Saleem

A communiqué issued by the Ministry of Power and Energy notes that 100Mw is urgently needed by the National Grid from October 2017 to maintain uninterrupted power supply. The Ministry statement emphasizes this is a short-term measure and the Government intends to purchase this immediate need through international bids.

The water levels of the hydropower reservoirs have dropped as the expected monsoon rainfall during the last year and up to this year has not been adequately received. The prevailing drought is expected to last longer, rather unexpectedly.

The Power and Renewable Energy Ministry will call for international bids to select power generators to purchase the 100 Mw for a period of six months from October. The emergency power will be connected to the national grid when a challenging time is encountered.

The communiqué from the ministry stressed that despite Government regulations to allow the purchasing of power without competitive bidding for emergency purchases, the ministry had decided otherwise and will follow the tender process to ensure transparency.
The Cabinet of Ministers’ approval was granted to the proposal presented by the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy to procure a supplier for generators on a short-term basis at competitive prices through open-competition bidding.

Refuting the claims made by some, the ministry notes that the purchase of additional power will not be a burden on the consumer; the Government believes the situation can be managed without imposing extra burden on both consumers and the general public.
Early this year, CEB purchased 60 Mw through open competitive bids and paid lower rates to purchase, compared to earlier purchase prices.

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