Power crisis - MS blames squabble between PUC and CEB

[ROCCO-X]

President Maithripala Sirisena presiding at yesterday's Cabinet meeting is reported to have blamed the current power crisis on the squabbling between the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

The power crisis was one of the items discussed at the Cabinet meeting when the President reportedly took a swipe at a key official of the PUC.

The Cabinet appointed a committee comprising Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution, State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne and Highways Minister Kabir Hashim to study how best to overcome the crisis.

Some 2,600 megawatts is Sri Lanka’s daily requirement of electricity, however, currently there is a shortfall of 300 megawatts because of the dwindling water levels at hydro-power reservoirs.

Meanwhile, a top CEB official said the power cuts would continue as long as there was no rain and there were objections for the purchase of power from private operators. (Kelum Bandara) daily mirror

 

[Smartm]

රවියා යන තැන ඉවරයි..

 

[malakadss]

ඌ දන්නේ කාට හරි බනින්න විතරයි. අමාතයාන්ශය පවරගෙන වෑඩ පෙන්නුවා නම් ඉවරනේ. 2019 ඕක වෙනවා කියලා කලින්ම කිව්වා. සාම්පුර් ට්‍රින්කෝ ගල් අගුරු බලාගාර ගහන්න දුන්නේ නෑ කාලකන්නි. දෑන් ඉතින් කලුවරේ ඉදපල්ලා. නෑත්නම ගිණි ගනන් කරන්ට් බිල් ගෙවපල්ලා


https://www.facebook.com/ceb.backstage/videos/322469985077659/?t=0

 

[hi.dushan]

Solar power projects that could have added 1480MW delayed for years says industry group
About 590 applications and tenders for 225MW of solar scuppered
Industry says timely implementation would have reduced current power woes
Believes solar power would have been cheaper than current thermal power or proposed emergency power
Calls for Govt. support, says still have ability to add 500MW in six months if approvals given
By Uditha Jayasinghe

Years of Government delays in implementing solar power projects has increased the danger of power supply shortages, the Solar Industries Association (SIA) said yesterday, calling for approvals for nearly 600 applications and Government-planned renewable projects to be fast-tracked to increase generation.

The SIA said that over the last four years, about 590 applications for solar power plants, which would have added an estimated 1480 MW to the national grid, had been delayed by the Government. They also pointed out that plans to generate 225 MW of solar energy from five projects, which were included in the Long Term Generation Expansion Plan released by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) in 2015, were never tendered and this inaction had worsened power shortages.

“It is clear, given the weather issues we are facing now, that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is struggling to provide uninterrupted power. There are already sporadic power cuts in several areas around the country, even though there has been no official announcement. The seriousness of this situation could have been reduced if the Government had rolled out the promised solar power plants, and given approvals for applications that have been pending for about four years,” SIA Secretary Lakmal Fernando told reporters.

Fernando insisted that if approvals are given, the industry has the capacity to add 500MW-600MW of power to the national grid in six months, with smaller plants able to come online even faster.

He pointed out that since solar is an infinite resource, the generation would be uninterrupted for 20-25 years, unlike the LNG plants proposed by the Government, which could see costs escalating. Solar, being a clean source of energy, would also not produce any toxic by-products, which is seen in other generation types such as coal.

The SIA referred to a letter that was issued by Power Ministry Secretary Dr. D.M.S. Batagoda in 2017, calling for the Ministry and CEB officials to work together to implement power projects listed under the generation plan approved by PUCSL. The generation plan included solar power projects in Valachchenai (10MW), Welikanda in Polonnaruwa (10MW), Siyambalanduwa (100MW), Poonerin (100 MW), and a 5MW plant with storage capacity in an unspecified location. The tenders for all these projects were to be called in June and August of 2017, but not one was released, the SIA said. All the projects were earmarked for independent power producers, and would have required minimal investment from the Government.

“In addition to these projects, there are 590 applications that have been pending for approvals for years, but none of these have received any attention from authorities. We recently had two rounds of talks with Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake, but with little success. Solar power can generate a unit of electricity for about Rs. 22 for the first seven years, but after that the cost drops gradually to about Rs. 15 per unit in the next 13 to 20 years. However, the CEB has consistently rejected purchasing solar power from independent producers, saying the cost is too high, but thermal power generation, which we are depending on now, costs about Rs. 32 per unit. This high cost has to be borne by the public,” Fernando added.

The CEB has been adamant that they cannot purchase power for more than Rs. 16 per unit, SIA officials said, pointing out both emergency power and purchasing electricity from independent power producers would cost the Government more.

“Every country has to pick the mix of power generation that suits it, and we are not against the Government moving ahead with other generation options such as LNG. But increasing solar is ideal for Sri Lanka, as it can be scaled up rapidly, is reliable and has a long lifecycle. The Government has announced plans to increase solar power to 20% by 2030, but right now solar makes up less than 1% of generation. Increasing approvals would also be a boost for companies engaged in the solar industry, which are mostly small and medium players.”


http://www.ft.lk/top-story/Solar-under-shade/26-675129

 

[Emios]

Ausi wala wage mehema ministerla hitiyanan aniwa marum kanawa

 

[KDH]

ඕකා අමුම අමු කපටියා....ඕකා තමයි වගකියන්න ඕනේ රට ට මෙහෙම කෙලවෙච්ච එකට...මැරෙන්න හිටිය ගූ ඇන්ඩ් පී එවුන්ටික ට ආණ්ඩු බලය දීලා රට නැත්තටම නැති කරා ඕකා....පර බල්ලා...




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[nicjosh83]

ඌ දන්නේ කාට හරි බනින්න විතරයි. අමාතයාන්ශය පවරගෙන වෑඩ පෙන්නුවා නම් ඉවරනේ. 2019 ඕක වෙනවා කියලා කලින්ම කිව්වා. සාම්පුර් ට්‍රින්කෝ ගල් අගුරු බලාගාර ගහන්න දුන්නේ නෑ කාලකන්නි. දෑන් ඉතින් කලුවරේ ඉදපල්ලා. නෑත්නම ගිණි ගනන් කරන්ට් බිල් ගෙවපල්ලා


https://www.facebook.com/ceb.backstage/videos/322469985077659/?t=0

වැඩ පෙන්නන්න?? R U Kidding me? ඌ තාම හිතන් ඉන්නේ ග්‍රාම සේවක කියල බන්...

 

[shadow1]

රනිල්ගෙ කතාවනම් රටට විදේශ ආයෝජන ගේන්න.. දවසට පැය 4 ක් කරන්ට් කපන රටකට කවුරුවත් ආයෝජනය කරන්න එයිද..



අවුරුදු 4 ක් පිස්සු නට නට හිටිය. එක බලාගාරයක් හැදුවෙ නැහැ.. දැන් ඉතින් ඉල්ලුමට අවශ්‍ය විදිහට Supply එක දෙන්න විදිහක් නෑ.. 2020 දි තව ලොකු power cut එකක් එයි..

 

[Emios]

300mega watt lu madi lol oi solar power tender approve karanawanan 6 months walin denna puluwanlu.but no they are busy buying range rovers

 

[jayanathek]

ලැබුණු ජය සාමකාමීව සමරන්න.... ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය වෙනුවෙන් දැල්වූ ඉටිපන්දම්වල කොට ඉතිරිවී ඇත්නම් සුරක්ෂිතව තබාගන්න...එය ද ඔබට ප්‍රෙයා්ජනවත් විය හැක

 

[HYBRIDPC]

ලැබුණු ජය සාමකාමීව සමරන්න.... ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය වෙනුවෙන් දැල්වූ ඉටිපන්දම්වල කොට ඉතිරිවී ඇත්නම් සුරක්ෂිතව තබාගන්න...එය ද ඔබට ප්‍රෙයා්ජනවත් විය හැක

පව් ඔහොම කියන්න එපා

 

[dayt0na]

Ausi wala wage Elon Musk ta kiyela wigehata monewath keraganna beri weida?

 

[HKavinda]

ඕකා අමුම අමු කපටියා....ඕකා තමයි වගකියන්න ඕනේ රට ට මෙහෙම කෙලවෙච්ච එකට...මැරෙන්න හිටිය ගූ ඇන්ඩ් පී එවුන්ටික ට ආණ්ඩු බලය දීලා රට නැත්තටම නැති කරා ඕකා....පර බල්ලා...

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[Black_Horse]

ඔය ගොන් බුරුවට කයපන් කන්නාඩියක් ගාවට ගිහිල්ල ඔකටම බන්ගන්ඩ කියල ...........

ගල් මෝඩය ඊයේද දැනන් තියෙන්නේ power crisis එකක් තියනවා කියල ........

හැබය් මචෝ ලංකාවේ මෝඩයන්ට ඕවත් වැඩකරනවා ....................

දැන් ඔය ගෙරි වසලය පොරක් වෙලා ඇති සැහෙන බූරුවෝ ගොඩකට ............

that's what do we called ...sri Lankan politics ..........

Thermal power plant එකක් හැදුව එකට ගල් පැලෙන බොරු කියල ගොන් හැත්ත්ව රවට්ටලා MR ට විරුද්දව චන්දෙ දම්මපු රටනේ මේක .........

No surprise...... Those stuff works for SL ................

2014 වෙනකොට මම දන්නා විදිහට සම්පුර් ප්ලාන්ට් එකේ Tenders හිටන් call කරල තිබුනේ ...........


මහා ජනවාරි විප්ලවයෙන් ඒවා ඔක්කොම නවත්තුවනේ ........... උගත් බුද්දිමත් ජනතාව .

 

[Emios]

Lankawe wenna athi bn mole aduma minissu inne

 

[dayt0na]

Lankawe wenna athi bn mole aduma minissu inne

moola wedima minussu lankawe inne