Colombo (LNW): The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will ensure an uninterrupted supply of power with thermal power generation, asserted Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara.
Calling in a meeting with the CEB representatives, the Minister noted that the progress of coal procurement for the next season, financial situation of the Board, power generation plans and forecasts for the next 12 months and other issued related to the CEB was reviewed and discussed.
The Lanka Coal Company has successfully called tenders and offered the spot and term tenders for the next season and hopes to unload 40 cargos of coal by May 2024, the Minister noted.
The first Coal cargo of season will arrive next week at Norochcholai, and the CEB’s system control and management presented that the power generation has decreased in hydro generation capacity, he added.
“CEB system control estimates 3500-3750 GWh of hydro generation this year but will ensure an uninterrupted supply of power with thermal power generation. Since next year is predicted to be a dry year, CEB has advertised calling for least cost private generation plants to be absorbed to the national grid,” Wijesekara wrote on his X (previously known as Twitter).
