Monday, February 3, 2020

Electricity Board Imposed A Two Hour Power Cut yesterday (03) Later Power Ministry Revised The Decision

A two hour sudden power cut had been
imposed yesterday  (03)by the Ceylon Electricity Board  as the power generating process of kerawalapitiya Power plant halted due to the stop supplying fuel to the plant by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation  (CPC ).

Petroleum Corporation had stopped supplying fuel to Kerawalapitiya power plant as the debt limit to supply fuel to Ceylon Electricity had exceeded according to the Electricity Board.

However Minister  of Transport Management ,Power and Energy Mahinda Amaraweera had ordered the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to resume the fuel supply covers the authority of the Cabinet and afterwards CPC had resumed the supply of fuel to the Petroleum Corporation according to the Ministry.

Ministry itself earlier decided to impose a two power cut daily however later revised the decision due to the  opposition cane through social media it has been reported

However the Ministey has not explained the steps due to be taken to overcome the  loss incurred  by petroleum Corporation through this action . 

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