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?? ????????? ??? ?????? ???????? ???? ???????? ???????? ???? ?? ??????? ???? ????? ??? ????? . 2030 ?? 70% ?? ??????? ???? ???????? ????? ???????? ??? ????? ??? ??? ????????. ???? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ??????- ?????????? ??????? ??????????? ????? ?????????? ????? ?????. ???? ????? ???? ????? ?? ?????? ????? ?? 22/= ????? ?????? ??? ????? 2030 ?????? ???????? ??? ? ??????? ?? 60-70 ?? ????. ?????? ??? ??? ???????? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ????.. ????? ????? ?? ????? ???????????? ????? ????. ?????????? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ???? ???????? ?????. ???? ???? ???????? ?? ???? ????? ??? ?????????? ??? ???? ????? ??? ??? ..??? ????? ???? ???????? ????? ???? ????.??? ???? ?? ???? ???????? ?????????. ?????? ?????????…?

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වසර 2030 වනවිට 70%ක පුනර්ජනනීය ප්‍රභවයන් භාවිතයෙන් විදුලි ජනනය කිරීමේ ඉලක්කය ප්‍රායෝගික නොවන අධි වියදම් කටයුත්තකි…

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?????? ???? ??? 2030 ????? 70% ?????????? ??????? ?????? ????????? ??????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ?? ?????????? ???? ???????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ?????? ???????? ????? ?????? 2?? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ?? ??.??.?. ???????? ????? ?????. ???? ???? ??????? ??? ???????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ??? ??????? ?????? ??????????? ?? ??? ???????? ????? ????? ?? ??????.

???????? ?????? ??-????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ???????? ???? ???? ?????? ??? 2030 ????? 50% ? ???????? ??? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ???????? ????????? ???? ??? ???? ? ???? ????? ??????? ?? ??? ??????? ???? ??? ???? ?.

?? ?? ??????? ???? ???????? ??????? ? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ??.?? 220 ?????????? ???????? ????? ??.?? 400 ? ?? ?????????? ????????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ??? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ???????.

2016 ???? ???????? ??????? ???? ???????????? ?????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? 200?? ???? ??????? ??.??.?. ? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ??????? ????? ???? ?????? ??????? ??????? ????? ????? ?????? ???? ? ?? ????? ??????? ????????? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ????????? ?? ?????? ???? ???????.

The government had to spend some USD 2 billion to achieve the unrealistic 70 percent renewable energy target , the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) said yesterday, adding that they were planning to hold discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in this regard.

CEBEU Secretary Dhammika Wimalaratne told The Island that even to achieve 50 percent through renewable energy by 2030 was a difficult task although they were doing their utmost to achieve it.He said that upgrading the age-old network was one of the most challenging areas and 220 KV lines should be 400 kV apart from adopting other latest technologies.

The country had lost Rs. 200 billion due to the suspension of the proposed Sampur coal power plant, Wimalaratne said. The plant was stopped by former President Maithripala Sirisena after government had spent nearly one billion rupees on it, Wimalaratne added further.

“රටේ අනාගත බලශක්ති සැලසුම් වලට ඇමෙරිකානු අදිසි ඇඟිලි ගැසීම් බරපතල ගැටලුවක්!”

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?? ????? ??????? ?????????? ?????? ??????, ?????????? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ??? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ???????? ??????? ???????. ????? ???????? ??? ??? ??????????. ??????? ???? ????? ???????? ???????? ?? ?????? ???? ?????????? ?? ???????????? ?????? ????? ??????????? ?? ???? ??????. ??? ????? ??? ??? ??????? ??????????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ????? ??? ???? ????? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ????????? ????????? ??? ????? ?????? ???? ??????? ??????????? ???? ?????? ????????????? ????????? ?? ??? ?????? ??????? ????? ???? ??????. ????? ????????? ??? ??????? ??? ??????????? ?????? ?? ???????? ????????? (Variable Renewable Energy) ????? ???? ???? ????? ????? ??????? ?????? ????? ???? ?????? ??? ???????? (Firm Energy) ???? ?????? ????? ????? ???????.

????? ?????????? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ????? ????????? ?????????? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?????? ???? ?????? ????? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? LNG ?????? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ?????? ????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ????? ??????????. ?? ??? ????? ???? ???? ?????? LNG ????? ??????? ????? ??? ?? ???? ?????? ?? ?????????? FSRU(Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit) ???? ????? ?????????? ?. ??? ???????? ???? ?????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??????? ?????????? ???? ??? ???? ??????? ????? ???? ?????????? ??????? ?????????? ???? ??????? ????? ??? ?????? ??????? ???? ?????????? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ???????? ??????? ???? ????????? ?????? ??? ???. ????? ?????? ????? ????? ?? ??? ??????? ????? ??? ?? ??????? ????? ????? ??????? ?????? ?????????? ?? ??? ?????? ???????????? ?? ??? ????? ??? 4- 6? ??? ?????? ???????????? ?????? ???? ??????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?? ??????? ??????(CANC) ????? ?? ?????? ????? ??? ????? ???????? ??????? ???. ????? ??? ????? ??????? ????? ??? ???? ????? ????? ????? ??????? ???? ??? ???????? ???????? ???? ?????? New Fortress Energy ????? ????????? ??????? ??? ???? FSRU ???? ?????? ?????? ??????????????? ??? ????????? ?????? ?? ??? ????. ???? ????? ????????? ???? ??????? ??????????? ???????? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ???????? ??? ???? ????? ?????????? ?????. ??? ????? ???????? ????? ?????? ???? ??????? ???? ????? ????? ?? ???????? ???????? ????? ????? ?????????? ????. ??? ?????? ?? ???????? ????? ?????? ?????? ????????? ?? ????????? ???? ???????? ???? ?????? ???? ??????? ?? ???????? ????? ???? ????????? ????? ??? ??? ???????????? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ??????? LNG ?????? ????? ??? ?? ???? ?????? ?????????? ??? ???????? ????????????? ???? ????? ??????????? ???????? ??????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ???? ??????? ???? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ???????????? ?????? ??????? ????? ??????? ????????.

??? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ??????? ??? ???? ???? ???????? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ?? ??? ??? 2015 ?????? ????????? ??????? ????? ??????? ??? ???? ?? 25%? ?????? ??????????? ???? ?? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ?????? ?????? ?????? ??? ???????? ??????. ????? 2015 ??? ?? ????? ????? ?????? ??? ?????? ?????? ????????? ????????? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ??? 5?? ?? ????? ????? ?????? 200 ??????? ??. ??? ??????? ????? ???? ????????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ????? ??? ?????? ?????? ?????????, ??????? ??????? ????????? ?? 15?? ????? ?? ??????? ?????? ?????? ??. 20?? ???????? ?????? ??? Feed in Tariff ??????????? ???????????? ?????? ????? ???? ?????? ???? ???????? ??????? ????? ???????????? ??? ????? ??????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?????? ???? ?? ??????? ???? ???????? ????? ?????? ?????? ???? ????????!

බංගලාදේශය හදන “මෛත්‍රී”

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2016 ?? ???????????? ?????? ????? ????? ??? ?????? ????????? ??????-??????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ???? ???????? 500? ???????? ??? ????? ??????? ??? ?????, ???? ??????????? ??? ????????? ????????? ??????????? ?????? ?? ????? ??????. ????????? ?????? ???? ?? ??????? ???? ??? ???????? ??????? ???? ?????????? 2017?? ?? ????????? ?? ??? ?????? 2022?? ??? ??? ?????? ???????. ???????? 1320?? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ??????? ?????????? ??? ??????? ????? ??????? ?? ???????? 1320? Payra ???????? ??????? ??????????? ???? ??? ??…

????? ?????? ??? ??? ??????? ???????????? “??????? ?????? ??? ????? ???????” ?????. ???? ?????? ?????? ???? ????? ???? ?????????? ????????? ?????????????? ???? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??????? ?????? ?????????? ??????? ?? ???? ????? ??? ????? ?????? 200? ???? ????????? ???? ??? ?????? ?????????????? ??????????…???

??? ??? ?????? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ???? ???? ????? ????????? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?? ????? ??????? ?????? 200 ? ?????? ???? ??.

???? ???? ????? ??????? ?? ????? ???????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ????, ????? ????? ?????? ???????? ???? ??????? ????, ????? ????? ???????????? ???????? ?????? ??????????? ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ?? “???? ???? 2021-07-15, ?? ?????????”

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“තම්බපවනී” විදුලි උත්පාදනය මෙගාවොට් 90 ඉක්මවයි…!!!

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???? ???????? ?????? ??? ???????? ???? ????????????? ???? ?? 11 ?? ??? ??????? 30 ?? 28 ?? ? ???????? ??????? ?? ??????? ????????? ?????? ???????? ??? 1.2 ? ?????? ???????? ???????? ???? ???? ???. ??? ?????? ????????? ??????? ??????? ????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ???? ????? ???????? ????????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ?????????? ?? ??????? ??? ?????? ??????.

?????? ???? ?? ???????? ??? ????????? ??????? ???????? 95 ? ?????? ????? ???????? ??? ?? ??.??? ?????? ????????????? ??.??.?. ? ????????? ???? ?? ?? ?????? ?????? ?????? ????? ????????? ????????? ???????? ????? ?????????? ???? ????? ?????? ????? ??????? ? ???? ???????? ??????? ?? ????? ?? ?? ??????…!!!

On 11th May, Thambapawani Wind Power Plant in Mannar reached 92 MW limit with 28 machines in operation whilst 2 machines out for scheduled maintenance work. Daily generation for 11th May was 1.2 GWhrs. On 12th May, night peak contribution by MWPP was 95 MW.

Hats off to Everyone Including Late. Eng. Lalith Vidanapathirana who contributed towards the completion of the Thambapawani Wind Power Plant…!!!

Eng. Anil Ranjith – The new President of CEBEU for the term 2021/2022

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The Annual General Meeting of CEBEU for the term 2021/2022 was held on the 8th of February 2022 at Grand Ballroom of Water’s Edge Hotel Battaramulla. The AGM notice was read by the Jt. Secretary followed by the President’s Report and Treasurer’s accounts reports.

The outgoing President Eng. Saumya Kumarawadu asked the membership to appoint a Pro-Tempo President to continue the proceedings and Eng. Rohan Senevirathne (AGM-DD4) was proposed and seconded by the membership.

Eng. Rohan Senevirathne accepted the nominations for the new President for the term 2021/2022 and Eng. Anil Ranjith was unanimously appointed as the new President of the CEBEU for the term of 2021/2022. Eng. Nimal Silva was nominated and appointed unanimously by the house as the Vice-President. Eng. Dhammike Wimalarathne retained his position as one of the Jt. Secretaries and Eng. Eranga Kudahewa was appointed as the other Jt. Secretary. Eng. Vijayantha Weerasekara was appointed as the Treasurer of CEBEU term 2021/2022.

Eng. Shantha Perera was appointed as the Editor of CEBEU for the term 2021/2022 and Eng. Charitha Dayarathne (retaining the post for another year) and Eng. Isuru Kasthurirathne were appointed as Jt. Front Representatives of CEBEU term 2021/2022. Eng. Sudantha Hewage was appointed as the transfer board representative whilst Eng. Sisira Dissanayake and Eng. Thilina Dhanushka Guluwita retained their posts for another year as Mechanical Representative and Web Editor respectively of CEBEU for the term 2021/2022. Eng. Chathura Gunawardane was appointed as the Civil representative of CEBEU.

CEBEU extends their heartiest gratitude to the outgoing Head Table and the Executive Committee for their immense commitment towards the betterment of Electrical Engineers of CEB during the most difficult period of almost 18 months of their term where they not only had to battle with the Covid-19 pandemic but also had to face the crucial issues with the government, the board and as well as the top management of CEB.

News First: Draft bill to amend electricity act unconstitutional : Ruling party withdraws draft

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The ruling party withdrew the draft bill that was submitted to amend the Sri Lanka Electricity act. The Attorney General Department informed that the draft bill was not in accordance with the constitution.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa noted that the Attorney General had opposed it and sent the government a letter. He added that as per the AG, this draft bill was going to be presented today in violation of the constitution. He requested the government to withdraw it, hold discussions and then move forward.

Responding to this Leader of the House Minister Lakshman Kiriella noted that it was decided to present this at the party leaders meeting. He said there was no notification from the AG’s department and the notice came this morning that this was not in accordance with the constitution.

He pointed out that he was going to withdraw this before the opposition leader spoke up about it, however, he was too late. Minister Kiriella withdrew it and noted that they do not want to work against the constitution.

The parliament was then adjourned till tomorrow (August 07).

Draft bill to amend electricity act unconstitutional : Ruling party withdraws draft

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THE SUNDAY TIMES: CEB union: Rishad eyeing wind farm land

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The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) has protested over an alleged request made by Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to release a section of land set aside for a 100 MegaWatt (MW) wind farm project in Mannar.

The CEBEU lodged a protest with Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake this week over the request made by Minister Bathiudeen, Union President Saumya Kumarawadu said.

He said the wind farm, the largest such project undertaken in the country, would be at serious risk if the Power and Energy Ministry granted the request made by Minister Bathiudeen.

“The project stands to save Rs.100 billion to the country every year as the CEB will be able to generate electricity at about Rs.8 per unit from the farm. If Minister Bathiudeen’s request is granted, we may only be able to generate about 40MW of the 100MW that had originally been planned,” Mr Kumarawadu claimed.

Mannar is one of the most suitable areas to build wind farms in the country, the CEBEU President noted, adding that he could not see any reason why Minister Bathiudeen would ask for land in the area to be released “unless it is for the construction of another, private wind farm.”

Neither Minister Karunanayake nor Minister Bathiudeen was available for comment.

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Daily Mirror: Cabinet approves four coal power plants, moves to reduce PUCSL’s authority

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The Cabinet has sanctioned four new coal power plants—two in Norochcholai and two in Trincomalee—and a proposal to amend the Sri Lanka Electricity Act to weaken the industry regulator, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).

Approval was granted this week on a Cabinet paper containing these and several other recommendations. It was signed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Highways Minister Kabir Hashim.

Each proposed new coal power plant is 300mw or a total of 1,200mw. Three will run on “high efficient coal” while the fourth has been termed a “contingency power” or “buffer power plant”.

The Government’s policy on coal power plants, which are being phased out globally owing to environmental concerns, has been inconsistent. After years of negotiations, President Maithripala Sirisena shelved proposals for an Indian-funded coal power plant in Sampur, citing pollution. He urged the Indian Government to support a liquefied natural gas (LNG) alternative instead. The President maintained this position for a while, but changed his mind around 2018, when he instructed the independent regulator, PUCSL, to approve coal power plants. That year, the Government decided to diversify the country’s power generation mix by including coal, LNG, heavy fuel, renewable energy, solar, wind and so on.

Since Mr Karunanayake took over the power and energy ministry in January this year, he has also pushed for coal power plants. A Cabinet decision dated June 19, 2019 now grants permission for eleven recommendations reportedly made by a ministerial committee appointed in April. These include solar, wind, biomass, solid waste, LNG, coal and hydropower projects. One of the recommendations is to “amend the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, in order to implement favourable regulatory mechanism in the country and to resolve the issues between the CEB and the PUCSL by clearly empowering the Cabinet of Minister for economic and technical regulation and empowering the PUCSL for consumer protection and safety regulation in the electricity industry [sic]”.

Last week, the Sunday Times reported that Minister Karunanayake is seeking to whittle down the authority of the PUCSL, particularly in matters of procurement over which the regulator has purview. His proposal sees the downgrading of the PUCSL to mere status of a ‘safety regulator’ and electricity industry ‘ombudsman’.

He proposes to amend the Sri Lanka Electricity Act No 20 of 2009 and Sri Lanka Electricity(Amendment) Act 31 of 2013 so that the “economic and technical regulatory powers” of the industry are transferred to the Cabinet of Ministers through the minister and the ministry in charge of the subject of power and energy.

Only Minister Mangala Samaraweera, one of the signatories of the Cabinet paper, has qualified his agreement by including a handwritten note: “Procurement is subject to Government procurement procedures”.

The solar power projects approved by the Cabinet are: a 300mw plant in Pooneryn; two plants of 100mw each in Siyambalanduwa; 300mw rooftop systems from 300,000 households; 500mw smallscale solar projects (less than 10mw); and 5x100mw of “power wheeling concept with a profit sharing with the CEB (which will facilitate to eliminate the subsidy which, at present, is borne by the CEB) [sic]”.

The wind projects are: 100mw wind power park ( stage I) in Mannar; 150mw wind power park ( stage II) in Mannar; 100mw wind power plant in Mannar mainland; 100mw of wind power projects in the Puttalam district; and 200mw of wind power projects in the Jaffna and Mullaitivu districts.

Twenty biomass projects amounting to 200mw have been approved as well as four to six solid waste projects amounting to 100mw.

The LNG projects are: 300mw LNG combined cycle power plant in Kerawalapitiya ( Government- to- Government– India); 300mw LNG combined cycle power plant in K er aw ala pi ti ya( Government-toGovernment- -Japan);400mwLNGc ombined cycle power plant in Hambantota (Government-to-Government–China).

The coal power plants are: 300mw new coal power plant in Norochcholai (high efficient coal); 300mw new coal power plant in Norochcholai (contingency power or buffer power plant); 300mw new coal power plant in Foul Point, Trincomalee (high efficient coal, phase I); and 300mw new coal power plants in Foul Point, Trincomalee ( high efficient coal, phase II).

Also envisaged are four 25mw gas turbine container mounted plants; four 24mw furnace oil power plants; 100mw battery capacity facilities (for high demand periods and load balancing); and an additional 25mw battery capacity facilities for load balancing.

The Cabinet gave permission to start construction of already finalised hydropower projects and expedite the rest to award power purchase agreements before the end of this year. They are: Uma Oya 120mw hydropower plant; Broadlands 35mw hydropower plant; Moragolla 31mw hydropower plant; Seethawaka 20mw hydropower plant; Thalpitigala 15mw hydropower plant; Maha Oya 3x200mw pump storage hydropower plant; and “approximately 200m of all environmentally friendly mini hydropower plants”.

Authorisation was also given to amend the Sri Lanka Electricity Act to exempt renewable energy projects of less than 10mw capacity from following a tender process.

http://dailylankadeepa.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=86212019062300000000001001&page=1&article=2209842335&q=electricity

CEB LAUNCHES ‘CEB CARE APP’ CUSTOMER CARE FACILITY

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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) launched the newest customer care facility ‘CEB Care App’ for the use of its 6.5 million customers to lodge their complaints, check their balance of payment, obtain the amount of power used and for many more facilities in a few minutes without waiting in a queue.

PIC BY KITHSIRI DE MEL.The team leader that created the App, Electrical Engineer Jagath Samarawickrama receives a certificate of appreciation from Minister Ravi Karunanayaka at the launching ceremony.

Other facilities available through the CEB Care App are the information on the previous or last bill, summary of bill payment, complaints on breakdowns or blackouts, how the tariff has been counted in addition to on-line payment of bills.

Consumers can download or install the CEB Care

App and log into through ‘Play Store or App Store by providing the e-mail address, national ID number, user name and a password.

The consumer must also download Bill account number, Bill premises IDT to enter the CEB Care App. A consumer could enter up to five accounts to the App using this system.

Addressing the gathering at the BMICH, Minister Ravi Karunanayaka said the CEB would not be much concerned on its losses but to give the best service to the consumer.

“There is something wrong in the CEB system if it sells a unit of power at Rs. 45 to one section of the public while others pay only Rs. 22 per unit. I believe that this is unfair. Therefore, we must phase out the power generation and power purchase for exorbitant prices a unit and sell it to the consumer at a loss,” Minister Karunanayaka stressed.

Minister Karunanayaka lamented that ‘Suriya

Bala Sangramaya’ of solar power project has led to a plethora of misdeeds and misappropriations and when he attempted to rectify it a lot of misinformation and fabrications have been spread saying that the Power, Energy and Business Development Ministry was in a move to weaken the project which is not correct and added that what the Ministry was doing was to streamline the solar power generation on a level playing field for everyone to benefit. He commended and thanked the teem of 9 young electrical engineers of the CEB for the creation of the CEB Care App which is considered one of the turning point of customer care service sector of the CEB.

Ministry Secretary Dr.suren Batagoda and CEB Chairman Rakhitha Jayawardana also spoke.

CEBEU Press Briefing – POWER CUTS ARE INEVITABLE AS NO POWER PLANTS WERE BUILT

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The Power sector in the country has been thrown into deeper crisis as not a single power station was added to the national grid during the past few years to meet the rising demand. To make matters worse even those power stations that were scheduled to be built were also halted putting aside the years of planning done by engineers while bringing forth the business interests of a few individuals and organized groups to suit their whims and fancies. Allying with business associates to earn a quick buck through under hand dealings has led to a tug of war while purposely delaying of Power Plant tenders has led to a crisis situation in the country which has helped the same groups to fish in the troubled waters. It is most unfortunate that many political heavy-weights, top officials in the ministry as well as members and officers in the self-proclaimed ‘independent’ Public Utilities Commission represent this business cartel.
While it is essential that at least 150MW of power is added to the National Grid every year to meet the ever-rising demand, the failure to do so has been blamed shamelessly on the ongoing drought and the defects of Norochcholai Power Station.

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Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya Interview : TV1 News Line/ Sirasa Pethikada

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Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya faced media interview with TV1 News Line & Sirasa Pethikada regarding Power crisis.

Sirasa TV – Pethikada
TV1 – News Line

The Island: CEB engineers threaten trade union action

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by Ifham Nizam

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) officials yesterday warned of trade union action unless the government implemented the proposed Least Cost Long Term Generation Plan. They alleged that the country lost Rs. 200 billion as the Sampur coal-fired power plant had not been constructed.

Fielding questions, Former CEBEU President/ Executive Member Janaka Aluthge told The Island that the Long Term Generation Plan had to be implemented urgently.

He said that high Ministry officials and the electricity regulator, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) were the biggest stumbling blocks that had delayed their proposals and recommendations.CEBEU President Saumya Kumarawadu, addressing a media briefing yesterday in Colombo said that the country had lost Rs. 42 billion as the CEB had failed to adopt the Medium Term Solutions. “We recommended constructing power stations which are fueled by Heavy Furnace oil (HFO) to produce electricity at Rs. 20 or d Rs. 24 per unit.”

He said 100MW and 24×4 power stations fueled by HFO had been delayed by the Ministry Secretary. Due to the 15-year delay in constructing the first coal fired plant, the country had lost Rs. 900 billion, he added.

Former CEBEU President/ Executive Member Athula Wanniarachchi said they would not endorse emergency power purchases due to exorbitant costs.

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=202110

Rupavahini : 99 Minutes with Eng. Saumya Kumarawadu

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Eng. Samya Kumarawadu (CEBEU)

Prof. Rohan Samarajeewa

Mr. Jayanath (PUCSL)

Aluth Parlimenthuwa with CEB Engineers – 03rd April 2019

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Lankadeepa: ලංවිම-කොමිසමේ ගැටුම විසඳෙන තෙක් කැබිනට් රැස්වීමට එන්නේ නෑ

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