10 June 2022 08:42 am Views - 102
By Chaturanga Samarawickrama
Experiencing power outages other than the scheduled power cuts by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) is considered an illegal practice, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said.
He said scheduled power cuts would be announced only by the PUCSL every day.
“A written complaint was received yesterday by the Irrigation Department alleging that the engineers have set the system ready for an automatic shutdown of the power generation grids at Randenigala, Rantambe and Senanayake Samudra reservoirs by 2:00 am yesterday and those engineers did not take any action to restore power until 8:00 am yesterday,” he charged.
The CEB bears the responsibility of providing a continuous, uninterrupted power supply, provided power supplying sources are readily available in the grids and as per the mandate. Scheduled power cuts will be imposed due to the economic and Forex crisis. Other than that, not even the CEB trade unions or the engineers have the authority to arbitrarily shutdown power supply.