Sri Lanka power generation positive in March
June 12, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's power generation rose 02 percent in March 2013 to 1,057 GigaWatt hours (millions of units) from a year earlier, recovering …
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Sri Lanka hotels have room to cut running costs with less energy, water: IFC study
June 04, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's larger hotels are starting to use energy and water saving technology but there is potential to save operating costs including …
China offered to make Sri Lanka coal plant an IPP: minister
May 26, 2013 (LBO) - China offered to make a 300 MegaWatt coal fired power plant, which has been hit by a series of shutdowns, an independent power producer …
Sri Lanka hydro reservoirs get highest inflows in single day
May 14, 2013 (LBO) - An Indian Ocean cyclone named after an ancient Sri Lankan king who is famed for building irrigation tanks had brought the highest water …
Sri Lanka electricity tariffs hiked on earlier charging system
May 9, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Public Utility Commission has set electricity tariffs reverting to an earlier system of charging by slabs, responding consumer …
Sri Lanka electricity rate change to cut revenues by Rs8.0bn: report
May 03, 2013 (LBO) - A change made to an electricity tariff hike from April 2013 will reduce expected revenues by 8. online pharmacy buy cymbalta with best …
Sri Lanka’s Chinese coal plant giving cheaper power: CEB engineers
May 03, 2013 (LBO) - A Chinese financed and built plant at Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, is generating power at a lower cost and defects are …
Sri Lanka hiked electricity tariffs not to apply to low users
May 01, 2013 (LBO) - An electricity tariff hike from April will not apply to users below 60 units and users up to 180 units will get a lower increase than …
Sri Lanka may reduce electricity tariff increase: report
Apr 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka may moderate an increase in electricity tariff imposed from April 2013 amid growing opposition, a media reports said. Sri …
Sri Lanka’s opposition says hike should have avoided ‘electricity poor’
Apr 26, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party said a power tariff hike could have been imposed without an increase on small users to …
Sri Lanka opposition says bulk of costly IPPs outside their remit
Apr 26, 2013 (LBO) - Most of Sri Lanka's private power production capacity has been signed up by state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, outside their …
Sri Lanka’s Hemas buys into Panasian Power
Apr 24, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas Power Plc has bought a 20 percent stake in Panasian Power for 300 million rupees, upping the group stake to 29. online …
Sri Lanka to pay lower charges if expired power plants are renewed
Apr 24, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has been given guidelines to negotiate much lower rates if expired contracts of power …
Sparks fly between Sri Lanka’s current and ex-power ministers
Apr 24, 2013 (LBO) - A battle has sparked between Sri Lanka's current and ex-power ministers following a hike in tariffs which has already drawn fire from …
Sri Lanka’s CEB to re-negotiate heat rate of West Coast plant
Apr 23, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board will re-negotiate the heat rate of a controversial 270 MegaWatt power plant, officials …
Sri Lanka’s CEB says nothing sinister in water release
Apr 23, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board's recent release of water from its Upper Kotmale reservoir was due to a maintenance requirement and …
Sri Lanka to phase out fuel surcharge on power bills from next year: officials
Apr 22, 2013 (LBO) - A hike in power tariffs has had a minimal impact on low users, and a fuel surcharge will be phased out from early next year as two more …
Sri Lanka India coal plant back on track
Apr 22, 2013 (LBO) - A disputed power purchase agreement (PPA) for a joint venture coal plant with India's National Thermal Power Corporation, has been …
Sri Lanka rulers only paid Rs2000 for power: former minister
Apr 20, 2013 (LBO) - Ministers in Sri Lanka paid only 2,000 rupees for power a month regardless of the volume of use, former foreign minister Mangala …
Sri Lanka biz chamber urges transparency at power utility after hike
Apr 19, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said the latest hike will see power costs going up by 20 to 30 percent and the state power utility …