Electricity tariff to be reduced from July 1: Kanchana

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By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

Parliament, June 6 (Daily Mirror) - The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will submit its proposal on electricity tariff revision to the Public Utility Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) tomorrow or on Monday, and the tariff revision will be effective from July 1, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today.

He told Parliament that the CEB has proposed to reduce the electricity tariff for the category between 0 and 30 units by Rs. 2 from Rs. 8 to Rs. 6 per unit, and for the category between 30 and 60 units by Rs. 11 from Rs. 20 to Rs. 9.

He said the category between 60 and 90 units will be reduced from Rs. 30 to Rs. 18, while 90 and 120 units will be reduced from Rs. 50 to Rs. 30.

The Minister said if the PUCSL proposed that electricity consumers must be given more relief on tariffs, the CEB is ready to consider it.

Comments - 14

MT Thursday, 06 June 2024 12:17 PM

Maybe Election ‘ discount?

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Grace Thursday, 06 June 2024 12:20 PM

Yah. Three months after July there will be president election.

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scarnjitha Thursday, 06 June 2024 02:54 PM

When you do not understand the reality, every action of the government will be seen as Election related. Use your brains to learn how things happen. Further with the IMF conditions the Government has to be spot on, without veering off the main task

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Stella Thursday, 06 June 2024 07:16 PM

@Scarnjitha! There is a saying If you make a mess, you must clear it. Those who made a mess of our economy should clear it not the ordinary people. We did not recommend the government to seek IMF assistance and help. If you want make IMF Chief of Srilanka's president.

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Trehan Munasinghe Thursday, 06 June 2024 12:48 PM

What about the absurd rate of Rs 75 per unit after passing 180 Units, was that reduced?

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Dee Thursday, 06 June 2024 08:07 PM

You pay on behalf of the majority below 90units consumers. How generous of you!

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Engineer Thursday, 06 June 2024 01:10 PM

Reduce the electrical tariff for export factories to make our export competitive in the word market. The way out of this economic mess

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Ram Thursday, 06 June 2024 03:27 PM

RW who increased our cost of living to unprecedented heights is bringing the cost of living down hoping that we will vote for him. Folks don't trust this man!

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Dilkie R Gamage Thursday, 06 June 2024 06:12 PM

Sri Lanka urgently needs green power. Policymakers need set a clear roadmap to achieve the energy self-sufficiency. They should seriously question opposition to RE projects. If anybody else has the appetite for implementing large-scale RE projects, why aren’t they doing so, instead of delaying the existing projects? It essentially shows that they are not interested in making any investments but rather derailing the projects coming on the ground.

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Return our stolen money Thursday, 06 June 2024 06:32 PM

Not good enough!! CEB overcharged hapless customers during last 18 months. GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK ,,!!

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Dee Thursday, 06 June 2024 07:12 PM

From July, price of eggs, 3 wheeler and bus fares all will be increased. Reason? Nothing. Maybe because unelected president or government or some tax. The more reductions given by the government, the more price increase will be done by business people and the general consumers will accept it by blaming the government. Funny how things work in Sri Lanka

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Nimal 1 Friday, 07 June 2024 01:55 AM

Is there any valid reason for such a colossal reduction of tariffs? The only assumption we can make is that the consumers, who had to bear the brunt of the collapse of the economy, were grossly overcharged during the last two years or so. The next question is, where did all this money go?

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Burinap Palangan Friday, 07 June 2024 10:55 AM

More to come before the election to cheat people! This did for more than 50 years to cheat people with Gonas! Kanchana must ask his father what was his plans in 1970s!

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mina Friday, 07 June 2024 02:47 PM

Reduction is ok but dont expect our vote

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