Sri Lanka’s power authority to continue with fuel surcharge

• 11 years ago (2013-06-25)
• David Flin

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Sri Lanka’s state-run power authority, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), will continue to bill the fuel surcharge it added despite a marked increase in hydropower generation in the country. CEB had previously assured consumers that the fuel surcharge would be removed when hydropower generation increased.

M C Wickremasekera, General Manager at CEB, said that all reservoirs are at spill level, and that hydropower generation is at a maximum. He said: “The power requirement per day is around 30-31 million kWh, with hydropower generation presently at 21.3 million kWh, wind at 1.3 million kWh, and thermal power generation at 7.4 million kWh.”

However, CEB has not yet made any decision to remove the fuel surcharge.