5 September 2023 10:22 am Views - 798
The Bill to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will be presented to Parliament next month, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera told Parliament today.
He said the Bill will be presented to the Cabinet next week.
Also, the Minister informed the House that the government had made a policy decision not to construct coal power plants in Sri Lanka.
"A solar power plant will be constructed instead of the earlier plan to set up a coal power plant in Sampur" he also said. (Yohan Perera and Ajirh Siriwardana)