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CT: CEBEU to take TU action

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By Niranjala Ariyawansha

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) has decided to engage in trade union action of work to rule from Tuesday 8 May, demanding that Director General of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Damitha Kumarasinghe quit his post and immediately approve the Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plane 2018-2037 (LCLTGEP) of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

They inform the public that the responsibilities of the inconveniences that could affect the people due to their trade union action should be accepted by the government.
Anyhow, the CEBEU says that steps will be taken to ensure continuous electricity supply to places of importance such as hospitals and places connected to national security.
They have also decided to suspend all types of official communication with the Director General of the PUCSL.
Although they had mentioned that this trade union action of work to rule would be launched on 20 April, they had postponed it due to the Vesak Festival.

During the entire past the CEBEU alleged that instead of the LCLTGEP prepared by the CEB, the PUCSL had approved a Long-Term Generation Plan prepared by them. In protest they left all Technical Committees from August 2017.
Thereafter, on 25 April, the CEBEU had held a discussion with President Maithripala Sirisena on the existing situation. The PUCSL, the Management of the CEB as well as the Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy Dr. Suren Batagoda participated in this instance.

During this discussion, the President had informed the PUCSL to approve the LCLTGEP (2018-2037) of the CEB. Sources said that if the Cabinet approves this plan, the PUCSL had said they will do so too.

However, the CEBEU says that even though the LCLTGEP (2018-2037) is approved, the officials of the PUCSL would obstruct it when being implemented.
The Secretary of the Ministry responding to an inquiry we made, said that the Power Policy of the State prepared by the Ministry will be presented for Cabinet approval on the following Tuesday.

“This policy document has been approved by the National Economic Council. If Cabinet approval is received, the PUCSL could check whether it has been prepared according to the LCLTGEP (2018-2037) which has been submitted by the CEB at present. I will send them a letter informing them of this. If the PUCSL can carry out big changes, in the CEB, LCLTGEP (2018-2037) saying that it does not compare with the government policy, they should be able to incorporate minor changes in the State policy which has now been approved,” Dr. Batagoda emphasized.
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CeylonToday FT: Cost of Electricity Generation and the National Economy

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The total annual electricity generation of the country is about 15 billion units at present,  and it increases nearly by 1 billion each year. Hence, if the cost of generation of one electricity unit is increased by a mere one rupee, it would incur a loss of more than Rs 15 billion to the country at present.

It is a duty of the Ceylon Electricity Board to prepare a Least Cost Generation Expansion Plan identifying most appropriate power plants complying with technical requirements of the Sri Lanka electricity system. After commissioning the Norochcholai coal power plant as identified in CEB’s long-term plans, the cost of generation of one unit was reduced from Rs 23.66 in 2012 to Rs 15.07 in 2015. In line with this, the Government reduced the electricity bill by 25% for the first time in history.

However, since no low cost major thermal power plants were added to the system after 2014, electricity generation from diesel power plants (like emergency power plants) were increased, which in turn has increased the cost of generation up again to Rs 21.32 in 2017. As a result of this Ceylon Electricity Board, which made profits with the commissioning of the Norochcholai coal power plant, has incurred a loss of Rs 45 billion in 2017.

After spending nearly 10 years on resolving political, social and environmental issues, the Sampur Coal Power Plant was cancelled at the very last moment at which it was about to be tendered. Even if the Sampur Coal Power Plant was cancelled,there are no signs of commencing construction of any new major power plant as a successful measure to resolve the crisis caused by the cancellation of the project. Under these circumstances, it is inevitable that CEB will incur heavy losses of more than Rs 50 billion annually in coming 6-7 years until a low cost major power plant is commissioned.

The damage to the country’s economy due to the increased diesel power generation as a results of the delaying the commissioning the Norochcholai coal power plant by 15 years, was a staggering Rs 900 billion. This amount is equivalent to the construction cost of eight more highways similar to the Southern Expressway. Similarly, the loss of terminating the Sampur coal power plant at the very last minute is nearly Rs 200 billion for five years. This could finance the construction of four more highways similar to Katunayake expressway. Accordingly, it is evident that unlike other sectors, the erroneous decisions taken by top Government authorities for the power sector can have massive impact on the nations’ economy.

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EconomyNext: Sri Lanka to bring coal power back, optimal mix required: Central Bank

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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s power ministry has proposed to bring back coal plants to the energy mix in a bid to lower long term generation costs, amid a need to determine the optimal energy mix, the central bank has said.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy submitted a revised version of the new National Energy Policy and Strategies to the Cabinet of Ministers for approval, which includes coal.

“It is important to determine the optimal mix of energy sources for Sri Lanka in terms of both financial and economic costs, and thereby the long-term generation expansion plan for the country, without considering power projects in an ad-hoc manner,” the central bank said in its 2017 annual report.

“The government is currently in the process of evaluating this proposal to decide on the most appropriate technology for coal power plants in the country.

“The preferred fuel options for power generation recommended therein are hydro, fuel-oil, coal, LNG, solar, wind and biomass.”

There have been suggestions that coal and liquefied natural gas should comprise about 30 percent of the sector, large hydro and renewables that can be dispatched about the same and the balance from less reliable sources and residual oil, which is a by-product of refining.

The central bank said state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has proposed two 300 MW coal plants which are not in a currently approved longer term generation expansion plan.

“The government is currently in the process of evaluating this proposal to decide on the most appropriate technology for coal power plants in the country,” the central bank said.

Sri Lanka ended up with Chinese built coal power complex which less clean than the original cleaner Japanese plant proposed by the CEB due to protests from environmentalists and religious lobbies.

The newer plants proposed by the CEB include covered conveyors and other methods to reduce pollution.

The power utility has also proposed so-called ‘super critical’ coal plants where the steam boilers and turbines operate at high temperatures and pressure which improves efficiency of converting coal to electricity.

Sri Lanka’s power regulator controversially struck off coal plants on the basis that President Sirisena and the government has decided on a no-coal policy and claiming that coal was more expensive than liquefied natural gas. The plan heavily weighted towards LNG has led to a dispute with the Ceylon Electricity Board.

President Sirisena announced the cancellation of a 500MW coal plant in Sampur in 2015, which was on the verge of being tendered, causing tens of billions of rupees of losses to the country each year.

At a recent meeting with power sector officials and union of power engineers, the President had denied that he banned coal, saying he objected to the coal plant due to some clauses, sources familiar with the matter say.

The President also asked the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka and the utility to discuss disputes and resolve the matter.

The engineers union has announced a work-to-rule campaign from May 08, which may lead to prolonged power outages.

Sri Lanka cut fuel bills 25 percent in 2015 with the help of coal power despite currency depreciation, but the 900MW coal complex is now running near full capacity. (Colombo/May02/2018)

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Seminar on “Future of Sri Lankan Power & Energy Sector”

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Seminar on “Future of Sri Lankan Power & Energy Sector” organized by  The Organisation of  Professional Associations of Sri Lanka Jointly with the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka scheduled on May 08, 2018 @ 6:00 PM, Auditorium of OPA.

 

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Economynext: Sri Lanka’s coal power bounty has ended; costs shooting up: Union

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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s power generation costs are rapidly outpacing selling prices and a bounty from a 900 MegaWatt coal plant had now run out, and there is no relief on the horizon, executives at the island’s power utility warned.

“The last 300 Mega Watt plant was built in Norochcholai in 2014,” Saumya Kumarawadu, President of the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union said.

“After that no low cost power plant has been built. So costs can only go up.”

Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena cancelled a 500 MW coal plant in Sampur in Trincomalee in 2015 where land was cleared and the plant was on the verge of being tendered after delays for which the CEB itself was responsible.

Coal Bounty

With the help of the coal plant CEB’s average cost per unit sold plunged from 23.6 rupees a kilowatt hour (unit) in 2012 to 15.07 rupees a unit in 2015.

“This is how a 25 percent reduction in power prices was given in 2015 for the first time in the history,” Manawadu said.

“But now all new plants since then are producing power at higher prices. So costs can only go up.”

Average costs per unit sold (which includes all overheads of the CEB) had gone up to 18.09 rupees a unit in 2016 and 21.32 rupees in 2017 with higher cost liquid fuel plants being operated.

But the average selling price is now much lower. In 2017, the average selling cost was estimated at 17.54 rupees.

“The average selling cost is now lower than the generation cost,” Manawadu said. “That is why last year the CEB made a 45 billion rupee loss.”

The busting of the rupee by the central bank in a monetary debacle in 2015 and 2016 and preventing the rupee appreciating in 2017 as credit fell, is also inflating the costs of fuel.

When there is a drought, cheap hydropower also falls, adding to the problem.

Sri Lanka avoided power cuts during a drought with the help of the Chinese coal plants, which analysts say may be the highest return physical investment made by Sri Lanka since the Mahaweli hydro power complex.

The Chinese plants have come with some avoidable pollution problems because environmental and religious lobbies blocked a cleaner Japanese funded coal plant originally specified by the CEB.

In 2014 the coal plants produced 3,202 GWh out of a total of 12,357 generated with CEB hydros contributing 3,632.

In 2015 the coal plants produced 4,443 GWh as 13,090 GWh was produced to meet expanding demand with hydro also rising to 4,904GWh, helping CEB finances.

CEB fuel oil power fell from 1,696 GWh to 1,051. Private power fell to 2,690 GWh from 3,882 GWh

In 2016 the coal plants produced 5,047 GWh of energy, while hydro fell to 3,481 and the CEB had to produce 14,149 GWh of energy for the year.

In 2017 coal energy rose a little to 5,103 GWh as total generation rose to 14,671 GWh. Coal plants are now operating at near full capacity with the night load also picking up.

In 2017 CEB hydro generation fell to 3,059 GWh.

CEB’s fuel oil production went up to 2,297 GWh in 2016 and to 2,529 to cope with rising demand.

Private sector power purchases rose to 3,322 GWh in 2016 and to 3,978 GWh in 2017.

“The benefit the country got from coal plants are now over,” says Manawadu. “Now costs can only go up.”

Costs

The savings that a single 300MW coal plant can make runs into tens of billions of rupees a year.

Unlike hydro plants, which operate about 30 percent of the time in a given year which is called plant factor and even less in drought years, a thermal plant can operate about 60 to 80 percent of the time available in a year.

All CEB’s major hydro plants build since inception generated only 3,059 billion units of electricity in 2017. But the three coals plants with 900MW generated 5,103 billion units of energy

CEB engineers union says the utility’s hydro power costs are estimated at about 2.40 rupees per unit and coal at about 7.90 rupees a unit to produce.

Read full article: http://www.economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_s_coal_power_bounty_has_ended;_costs_shooting_up__Union-3-10422-8.html

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CEB engineers to “Work-to-rule”

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CEB engineers to “Work-to-rule”

The engineers’ union of Ceylon Electricity Board says they will launch a “Work-to-rule” campaign from 8th of May.
The Union which had put forward several demands seeking solutions had earlier planned to launch the “work-to-rule” campaign with effect from this Friday.

However, the action has been postponed to 8th of May to avoid the Vesak Week.

However, Power and Renewable Energy Ministry in a statement said yesterday that the CEB engineers’ union had decided to postpone their action after having a discussion with Minister, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

The Ministry further said that a Cabinet paper has already prepared with regard to the issues of the engineers.

 

‘Set up low-cost power plant or face disaster’ CEB engineers to launch work-to-rule campaign – The Island

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By Rathindra Kuruwita

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) was expected to incur a loss of Rs 50 billion this year, and the situation would continue for the next six to seven years unless a major low cost (coal-fired) power plant was set up, CEB Engineers’ Union President Saumya Kumarawadu said yesterday.

Kumarawadu said his union would launch a work-to-rule campaign from 08 May as it had failed in its efforts to educate the government officials on the situation and convince them of the need to adopt remedial measures as a national priority.

‘After the Norachcholai Power Plant was built in 2014, the generation cost of one unit of electricity dropped to Rs. 15.07 and the government was able to reduce the electricity bill by 25%. However, Kumarawadu said, since then no low cost thermal power plants had been added to the system, although each year the demand went up by 200 MWS. The cost of one unit of electricity had gone up to Rs 21.32 in 2017. The CEB lost Rs 45 billion that year.”The 15-year delay in commissioning the Norachcholei Power Plant had cost the country Rs. 900 billion and the scrapping of the Sampur Coal Power Plant, at the last moment, had already cost Sri Lanka Rs. 200 billion, Kumarawadu said. The reason for the colossal losses was that the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) had scrapped the proposed coal-fired power plants from the CEB’s Least Cost Power Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP) 2018- 2037, he added.

“They have discarded our proposals to allow private investors to establish high-cost power plants which will upset the balance we seek in the country’s energy mix,” Kumarawadu said.

The engineers’ union had first decided to start the work-to-rule campaign on April 20, but the launch of the protest had been delayed in view of Vesak, Kumarawadu said. “We want the government to meet four demands. We want the government to approve our LCLTGEP, allocate land and other facilities necessary for the construction low cost coal power plants, devise a proper mechanism to provide a government subsidy for the CEB for providing electricity to customers at a subsidized price and amend the Sri Lanka Electricity Act No 20 of 2009 to minimise ‘unnecessary impediments to the smooth function of CEB.

 

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CEB engineers postpone work-to-rule campaign -Times

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The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) say they will launch a work-to-rule campaign from May 8. The trade union action was initially scheduled to be launched this Friday (20). However, the union postponed the strike by two weeks following discussions with Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Ministry officials yesterday.

The union had earlier warned that such a work-to-rule campaign could cause intermittent power failures and even power cuts throughout the island.

The engineers’ trade union action is being launched over what it says is failure on the part of the Government to resolve a dispute between the CEB and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the power sector regulator, over approving the country’s Least Cost Power Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP). The CEBEU wants the Government to intervene and approve the plan favoured by the CEB.

Last year, the PUCSL approved a plan which does not contain any coal power plants. The CEBEU has maintained that the PUCSL had amended the plan submitted by the CEB and approved its own version, which the union claims is illegal. The regulator denies the charge.

Meanwhile, issuing a statement, the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy said Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya is committed to providing a solution to the issue and some positive steps had already been taken.

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