The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) today (01) made another request from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to launch a power outage but the Commission denied the request, revealed Janaka Rathnayake, Chairman of the PUCSL, speaking to a briefing today.
The PUCSL’s decision on denying further requests for power outages comes in upon its conclusion that a power outage will not be necessary to solve the ongoing crisis.
The CEB has been informed that the temporary maintenance at the Norochcholai Power Plant, which is not due to any breakdown, will restore the power generation and have it added to the national grid by midnight, the PUCSL noted.
There is no need for any power outage to solve the issue today given that the Sojist Power Plant will be added to the national grid from February 03 and that the fuel required for the Bach Mountain Power Plant will also be released by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), the PUCSL added.
MIAP