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May 23, Colombo: The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Engineers’ Association which is engaged in a Work-to-Rule campaign has requested the CEB engineers to suspend their trade union action due to the adverse weather.
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Association Chairman, Saumya Kumarawadu said that the engineers of 14 districts affected by flooding due to the heavy rains have been informed to suspend the trade union action without delay.
However, the work-to-rule campaign in other districts will continue, he said.
The CEB union is engaged in the trade union action in the past two weeks demanding the power regulator, Public Utility Commission to approve the implementation of the long term Low Cost Power Generation project designed by the CEB.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_18A/May23_1527056419CH.php
Members of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)Engineers Union who had met President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, called on the President to initiate action against the regulator for the power sector, the Public Utilities Commission for failing to heed to the President’s orders. “The President was irate that even after he had given his directive verbally and in-writing, the PUCSL called for meetings without approving the Generation Plan,” said Executive Committee Member Athula Wanniarachchi.
“We too echoed similar sentiments and asked that legal action be sought. Hence, the President has sought the Attorney General’s view on the matter for the way forward.”
Wanniarchichi alleged that even after the President had given his permission to go ahead with the Least Cost Long Term Generation Plan submitted by the Ceylon Electricity Board on April 25, the PUCSL dragged its feet on the matter by repeatedly calling for meetings.
“Even then, the Chairman of the Commission was absent at the meeting and it ended inconclusively,” he said, “We have asked for the President to intervene and bring an end to this stalemate.”
The CEBEU however had suspended their work-to-rule campaign in the areas affected by the floods.
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Emissions from the Norochcholai Power Plant do not appear to have caused any adverse effect to the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura but a scientific test should be carried out to obtain a clearer picture, Energy expert Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya said today.
He said the government should obtain the services of a foreign analyst to determine the correct situation.
“An environment impact study should be carried out before constructing a power plant and I am fully aware that such a study was conducted on the location where the coal power plant is situated in Norochcholai before beginning the construction work and showed no adverse impact on the environment at that time. However, we don’t know whether the weather pattern had changed the situation. Therefore further scientific studies should be carried out,” Dr. Siyambalapitiya said.
He said the sacred Bo sapling was brought down from a tree at Buddha Gaya, in the State of Bihar in India and pointed out that there were several coal mines and coal power plants located in Bihar. “If the emissions of coal power plants is damaging it should affect the sacred Bo tree in Buddha Gaya. However there does not seem anything wring at the moment,” Dr. Siyambalapitiya said and added that the Bo-trees in Pettah and in Borella are free from any impact from the emission of sulfur dioxide from vehicles.
“Experts such as meteorologists and botanists and others should carry out an investigation on all these Bo trees including the ones in Buddha Gaya, Sri Maha Bodhi and the Bo trees in Pettah and Borella to determine the real situation,” Dr. Siyambalapitiya said.
However, he said the biggest issue with regard to Norochcholai is the breakdown of the emission control system. “The plant came to a standstill recently as a result of the break down in the emission control system of the plant. The plant had to be shut down during the National New Year for for maintenance work. However, since the country depends much on this plant there might be instances where the authorities will not be able to shout the plant down even to maintain the emission control system. One could imagine what would happen in such a situation,” he said and added that the emission would be greater when the system is not maintained properly. (Yohan Perera)
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May 16, 2018
by Rathindra Kuruwita
A proper technical evaluation needs to be made before stating that toxic fumes, emitted by the Norochcholai Power, Plant could reach Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura with the coming South-west monsoon, energy expert Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya says.
Dr. Siyambalapitiya said yesterday: “There is a scientific way of making such calculations and when the plant was built all these things were taken into account. We have to do these studies again to see if something has changed.”
Last Sunday, renowned ecologist Dr. Ranil Senanayake warned that the Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) of the Norochcholai power plant, a filtration device that removed fine particles, like dust and smoke, from a flowing gas, had been malfunctioning since at least February. “When the power plant burns coal, gases like Nitrogen oxides and Sulphur dioxide are emitted. These gases are a danger to the environment and you can already see that the canopies of tall trees in the area have become yellow,” he said.
In response Siyambalapitiya said that Bodh Gaya, from where the Sri Maha Bodhi was brought as a sapling is located in Bihar, which is a state that has a high number of coal mines and power plants. “However, that Bo tree looks fine. But then again we can’t say whether the tree is impacted by coal power plants without proper study.” Ecologists must also look at whether Bo Trees in Colombo are affected by the fumes of diesel vehicles, which have a higher sulphur concentrations, Siyambalapitiya said.
Ceylon Electricity Board engineers and Norochcholai Power Plant officials refuted claims that toxic acids evaporating from the power plant posed a threat to the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, in Anuradhapura.
It was reported that toxic fumes from the power plant which contained concentrated amounts of toxic acids and heavy metals could be swept as far away as the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi due to the onset of the oncoming Southwest monsoon.
“We sent samples of these deposits to the Industrial Training Institute (ITI).
“They have found that the samples contain negligible amounts of these acids, a range of 0.5 to 0.7. We use low-sulfur, low-ash, high calorie coal out of which carbon dioxide emissions are greatly reduced,” the source told the Daily News.
“The ITI also studied the air flow and the extent that these ashes would be swept away, they found that after a short distance, all the particles would have evaporated into thin air.”
The engineer added that the notion that the ashes would be swept as far as the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi was too far-fetched and concocted by environmentalists and lobbyists who had not based their findings on facts or scientific evidence.
It was announced last week that Southwest monsoonal conditions were making it conducive for toxic fumes with concentrates of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and heavy metal particles to spread to a radius of 6 to 6.5 km, as far as the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi. Environmentalists observed that the effect of the condition can be observed in the discoloration of foliage in trees surrounding the vicinity of the Norochcholai Power Plant. It was also revealed that waters surrounding the plant were acidic in nature causing damage to the marine environment.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/05/16/local/151101/ceb-denies-charges-ashes-spreading-sri-maha-bodhi
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By Niranjala Ariyawansha
The Public Utilities Commissions of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) had informed President’s Secretary Austin Fernando in writing on 9 May, that the General Manager (GM) of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had not objected to any amendments being made by them to the Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP) of the CEB.
That letter, which had been compiled by the Chairman of the PUCSL, Saliya Mathew, was “an utter lie”, said the Engineers Union of the CEB (CEBEU).
They have pointed out that the GM of the CEB A.K. Samarasinghe has sent three letters to the PUCSL explaining the opposition of the CEB to any amendments being made to the LCLTGEP.
Also, they added that the GM of the CEB had even sought the opinion of the Attorney General last year regarding the possibility of taking legal action against the PUCSL for having allegedly tampered with the LCLTGEP compiled by the CEB.
“This situation is more than enough for the President to remove the current Management of the PUCSL and appoint professionally qualified people to such posts. They continue to hoodwink the public and the Government by making fabrications and blatant lies,” said Executive Committee Member of the CEBEU Athula Wanniarachchi.
Also, in the letter sent to the President’s Secretary, by the PUCSL, it has been mentioned that the LCLTGEP compiled by the CEB had been amended based on the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, they noted.
However, during a discussion held with the President on 25 April, the Chairman of the PUCSL had stated that due to the policy undertaken by the President of having no more coal power plants in the country, the LCLTGEP had not been approved, they pointed out.
But, later PUCSL Director General Damitha Kumarasinghe added that due to the price of a Liquefied Natural Gas unit being less costly than a unit of coal power and because coal power plants had been included in the LCLTGEP, it had not been ratified.
However, based on the Electricity Act, the PUCSL has only been authorized to provide guidelines to the LCLTGEP formulated by the CEB and not to make amendments to them.
Wanniarachchi warned that the ongoing work-to-rule campaign launched by the CEBEU will not be stopped till such persons in the PUCSL, who spread fabrications in society, related to the current power crisis, are removed from their posts.
Meanwhile, based on the ‘Generation Mix’ which was included in the Government’s future power policy, that was ratified by the Cabinet last week, the PUCSL previously informed the CEB to recompile its LCLTGEP and send it across by yesterday (15).
In this backdrop, power outages were reported in several areas in Colombo for around five hours last morning, due to the work-to-rule campaign that has been launched by the CEBEU with effect from 8 May.
Media Spokesman of the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy Sulakshana Jayawardene said that the reason for the power failure had been a technical error that had taken place at the Pannipitiya-Biyagama transmission line at around 7.20 a.m. yesterday.
As a result of it, power failures were reported from areas such as Sri Jayawardenepura, Boralesgamuwa, Dehiwela, Mount Lavinia, Ratmalana, Pannipitiya and Battaramulla, and many other areas.
When asked about this power failure, Wanniarachchi said, “Due to the work-to-rule campaign, we had to carry out an investigation and it took some time before power was restored, because we presently work according to the book.”
Ceylon Today learns that such power failures had taken place in several areas of the country since last week.
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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s administrative capital of Sri Jayewardenepura was gripped by an extended power failure as a work-to-rule campaign launched by engineers at the state power utility.
A 220kV high tension grid supplying Sri Jayewardenepura, Dehiwala, Pannipitiya and Ratmalana failed at around 8.00 am Tuesday.
CEB’s engineers are on a work-to-rule campaign from May 08, over the current administration cancelling cheap coal power plants and instead moving towards higher cost liquefied natural gas plants and a take-or-pay plan to outsource fuel procurement.
Engineers had warned that they will not be ‘on-call’ on off-days and after work, and come back to work dropping everything else as they do usually when something goes wrong.
Under a work-to-rule engineers warned that they will work by the book and will not take short cuts to quickly restore power.
Sources at the utility say a 220kV high tension line failure requires more safety checks and quick restoration tactics followed in the last mile low voltage distribution networks are not usually taken. (Colombo/May15/2018)
http://economynext.com/Power_fails_in_Sri_Lanka_s_capital_as_CEB_work_to_rule_begins_to_bite-3-10633-8.html
By Niranjala Ariyawansha
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has warned that the country would have to face a severe power crisis if the ongoing work-to-rule campaign, by CEB Engineers’ Union (CEBEU), continues.
CEB General Manager A.K. Samarasinghe said the situation could aggravate due to the resistance, by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), to its Power Generation Plan.
“We cannot go on like this. The majority in the CEB management are engineers. Hence, the current issue has become rather complex,” he said.
He however said there were no power outages reported thus far due to the work-to-rule and therefore the public had not been inconvenienced as yet.
He however warned that the public will face severe problems if any of the power stations were to breakdown.
“If a power station malfunctions, we will need the expertise of the engineers. Therefore, if one shuts down this evening, we will have to wait till morning for them to report to work,” he pointed out.
However, the CEBEU warned that if any power failures were to occur during the course of its work-to-rule campaign, the Government will have to shoulder the blame.
CEBEU President Saumya Kumarawadu said they had decided to distribute posters and leaflets concerning the current situation at the CEB and the PUCSL from 15 May in all major cities of the country.
The CEBEU commenced its work-to-rule campaign demanding the Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP) for 2018 to 2037 be approved by the PUCSL.
Another demand of the CEBEU is for the removal of the Director General of the PUCSL, Damitha Kumarasinghe and to appoint a professionally qualified officer to that post.
http://www.ceylontoday.lk/print-edition/2/print-more/4557
The President’s Office has asked the independent Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to approve the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) long-term generation plan which includes multiple coal power plants.
The advice was given in a letter from his Secretary Austin Fernando to PUCSL Chairman Saliya Mathew. It was issued after an April 25 meeting at which President Maithripala Sirisena claimed he had never opposed more coal power plants being built. The PUCSL is expected to convene on Wednesday to discuss the development.
The CEB Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) is locked in a protracted standoff with PUCSL over its refusal to approve the utility’s original Least Cost Long-Term Generation Expansion Plan (LTGEP) on grounds that coal-power plants are against policy. Instead, the regulator prevailed upon the CEB to draft a fresh proposal that excluded coal–and was based on major hydro, mini hydro, solar, wind, biomass, natural gas, furnace oil-based power and gas turbine power–and approved that last year.
But the CEBEU is battling to have its original plan sanctioned by the regulator. The union’s efforts have now received impetus from the President’s office. The meeting on April 25 was convened to discussion the generation plan and was attended by three Ministers and officials of the Ministry of Power and Energy, PUCSL, CEB and CEBEU.
“The President asked PUCSL Chairman why the CEB’s LTGEP was rejected,” said an official who was present. “The Chairman quoted a CCEM (Cabinet Committee on Economic Management) decision stating that ‘there will be no more coal power plants in the country as decided by H E the President’.” The CCEM was headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Visibly angry, President Sirisena shot back that he had decided no such thing; and that it was wrong for him to be quoted in CCEM minutes without his written commitment or the facts being verified from him.
“He also said, for the second time, that he is not against hi-tech [Japanese], environment friendly coal power so long as these are built in keeping with the country’s environmental laws and regulations,” the official said. “The first time he said this was in May 2017, at a meeting with the CEBEU.”
While the President’s office may have advised the PUCSL to take action, the regulator is an independent commission which–at least legislatively–is protected from political interference. However, the CEBEU is now intensifying pressure on Mr Mathew to sack Director General Damitha Kumarasinghe, blaming him for bringing the PUCSL to “gradual disrepute”.
This week, the union wrote to Mr Mathew saying it will launch a “non-cooperation action” with PUCSL from Tuesday “until staff members with an unblemished record and highest professional integrity are appointed to the topmost paid posts of the PUCSL”.
The CEBEU will boycott all meetings with PUCSL, not respond to letter or requests and “not keep any sort of communication with you”, the letter said. It will also keep away from any other meetings that are attended by Mr Kumarasinghe.
The union will also start a work-to-rule campaign on the same day demanding approval of the CEB’s LTGEP and Mr Kumarasinghe’s removal. This means engineers will not carry out maintenance after 4.15 pm and, if their demands remain unmet, withdraw from night duty in control centers of power stations. “The most critical effect of this will be prolonged outages,” a spokesman said.
Meanwhile, activists decried “pressure tactics” being used by CEB professionals to reverse the no-coal policy. They said engineers, in a note to CEBEU membership on April 18, had claimed that the price of coal-based generation was Rs 7.90 per kilowatt hour (kWh) when compared with Rs 14.80 per kWh for gas-based power.
However, according to the latest bulk supply tariff (BST) submission made by the CEB to PUCSL for October-December 2017, the cost per unit of coal-based generation from Lakvijaya is Rs 14.53 to 14.74 per kWh.
The same submission states that the energy cost for Norochcholai is Rs 8.87 per kWh. “This indicates that CEBEU figures merely refer to energy cost,” said one analyst. “Coal power plants carry significant fixed and variable overheads.”
The cost cited for gas-based generation (Rs 14.80 per kWh) is based on the Kerawalapitiya LNG-powered electricity generation tender. “But this figure includes fuel, operational costs, finance costs and profit for the power plant owner based on the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) methodology,” the analyst explained. “Thus, comparing this figure with the un-sourced figure of Rs 7.90, which appears to be a projected fuel cost, is inappropriate.”
The PUCSL also published actual generation costs for September 2017 based on CEB submissions, indicating that Lakvijaya coal based generation is Rs 14.00 per kWh. It said these did not include debt-servicing since the loan for the plant sits with the Treasury.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180506/news/president-advises-pucsl-to-approve-more-coal-power-plants-293190.html
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