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Ajith P Perera ට upset ඇති අලුතෙන් power plants හැදෙනවට මොකද එය deputy minister කාලේ CEB enginners union තක්කඩි කිසිම plant එකක් හදන්න දුන්නේ නැතුව ඔක්කොම කඩාකප්පල් කරානේ
ඕකුන් 2015-2019 කාලේ technical evaluation comittee වලටවත් ආවේ නැහැ LNG බලාගාර හදන්න යනකොට එක එක බයිලා කියා කිය.
Three big LNG power projects on hold as engineers protest
By Damith Wickremasekara
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Govt. forced to buy power at high price from private suppliers; CEB's 2018 loss Rs. 50 b
Three. international liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects set to generate more than 1,400 MW of power or almost half the daily electricity requirement have been put on hold due to objections by engineers — forcing the government to depend on emergency power supplies at higher cost.
The problems arose after three cabinet-approved LNG projects from China (400 MW), Japan (500 MW) and India (500 MW) were delayed with Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) engineers, most of whom make up the Engineers’ Union, objecting to the projects on the grounds they were not compatible with the existing system.
Power and Energy Ministry Secretary Suren Batagoda said the ministry was not accepting the objections raised by the Engineers’ Union as the ministry was in a position to negotiate with the foreign companies to reduce the generation capacity and ensure that the LNG projects were compatible with the current
system.
He said that as a result of the delay, the ministry had already got cabinet approval to buy 100 MW of power, for which tenders would be called next week. The ministry would also be compelled to buy more emergency supplies from independent power plants in the coming months.
CEB Engineers’ Union President Saumaya Kumarawadu told the Sunday Times that though the main reason for their protest was that the proposed projects were not compatible as they could trigger power breakdowns affecting large areas
, the union was also opposed to the projects as they were unsolicited.
“The Government has not disclosed the unit cost at which it would be buying electricity from these projects. This raises questions about the high cost which the people will have to pay for electricity,” he said.
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CEB engineers pull the plug on Govt.’s power plant plans
By Sandun Jayawardana
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The Government’s plans to procure emergency power plants vital to avert a potential power crisis in 2018-2019 suffered a blow after the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) decided to withdraw from all Technical Evaluation Committees (TECs) in charge of power plant procurement.
The CEBEU’s move marks an escalation of trade union action launched last month amid a bitter dispute over the CEB’s Long Term Power Generation Plan.
Among the emergency procurement plans that have been hit are the 300 Megawatt (MW) Combined Cycle Power Plant at Kerawalapitiya, 100MW barge mounted diesel plant in Galle and four 18MW diesel power plants.
“The Government has also taken Cabinet approval to acquire 100MW of emergency power during the coming dry period from February to May next year, but our members will not work on these high cost procurements,” CEBEU Executive Committee Member Athula Wanniarachchi insisted.
He revealed that two 300MW units of the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant in Norochcholai were scheduled to be shut down on separate occasions for routine maintenance next year for at least 45 days. As such, he warned that meeting the power demand would be difficult next year.
Mr. Wanniarachchi charged that no action had been taken to build a large (thermal or hydro) power plant since Lakvijaya’s Unit 3 was commissioned in 2013. As a result there is a huge power deficit at present and the situation would only worsen in 2018-19.
“The Government should take total responsibility for repercussions which might arise due to non-functioning of TECs working on medium-term and short-term power solutions,” he stressed, claiming the union gave the Government ample time to solve the issue.
The crisis stems from a dispute between the CEB and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the power sector regulator, over the country’s Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan (LCLTGEP) 2018-2037. The CEB alleges the plan approved by the regulator in July this year was not the plan it submitted. It charges that the PUCSL had exceeded powers vested with it in amending the plan, a charge which the regulator strongly refutes. The PUCSL claims that its analysis found that a “coal free” scenario submitted by the CEB was cheaper than the “base case” plan it recommended, which included coal power plants.
Meanwhile, Power and Renewable Energy Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera
said the Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on Energy had taken up the matter several weeks ago and all sides had agreed that the LCLTGEP needed a review.
“We also came to an agreement on the inclusion of coal power plants in the plan,” he said, indicating that proposals for coal power plants would be submitted to the Cabinet and the PUCSL again for approval.
As such, the Deputy Minister said there was no point in the CEBEU intensifying its trade union action.
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