There will be no power cuts until next Monday, said Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Rathnayake, speaking to media today (27), following a discussion held with a team including officials of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) this afternoon.
The PUCSL also noted that the public’s cooperation for crisis management would be important at this stage, given that a capacity of about 30 megawatts could drop tomorrow, despite the decision not to proceed with any power cuts until Monday.
Commission Chairman Rathnayake further stressed that state-run and private institutions have also been instructed to minimise the use of electricity and to pay attention to matters such as the reduction of using air conditioners during peak hours, avoiding the use of appliances that consume more power and turning off street lights.
