Sri Lanka’s CEB should not subsidize places of worship: power users
Apr 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power utility should stop subsidizing places of religious worship which had their own methods of deriving income …
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Sri Lanka’s murky power utility costs under fire
Apr 04, 2013 (LBO) – Costs claimed by Sri Lanka’s power monopoly Ceylon Electricity Board are murky, the efficiency of expensive plants and other …
Sri Lanka should push harder to cut peak power demand: think tank
Apr 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should push harder on cutting peak power demand as ‘average’ costs are meaningless and trimming the most …
Sri Lanka industries to get biggest subsidy after tariff hike
Apr 02, 2013 (LBO) – Industries will get an annual subsidy of nearly 15 billion rupees even after a tariff hike proposed from April, hotels will be …
Sri Lanka hydro power output up, demand weak
Apr 02, 2013 (LBO) – Hydro power generation has picked up sharply in Sri Lanka allowing state-run Ceylon Electricity Board to cut thermal power, while …
Sri Lanka power regulator cuts penalties on late payers
Mar 31, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power regulator had directed state-run Ceylon Electricity Board to cut penalties on late payers and also halted …
Sri Lanka combined cycles more expensive than diesel engines: data
Mar 30, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s combined cycle power plants which are supposed to be efficient and cheaper have turned out to be more expensive …
Sri Lanka plans 500MW coal plant in South West
Mar 21, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is planning a 500 MegaWatt eco-friendly coal plant in Ahuruwella, Induruwa in the …
Sri Lanka power regulator says costs slashed by Rs3.65 a unit
Mar 13, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Public Utilities Commission, the island’s power regulator says it had dis-allowed 40 billion rupees of costs …
Sri Lanka power tariff proposal open for public comment
Mar 11, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has sought increases in tariffs of over 100 percent for some categories for …
India’s NTPC may drop Sri Lanka coal power project: report
Feb 22, 2013 (LBO) – India’s state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) may pullout of a 500 MegaWatt coal power plant joint venture with …
Sri Lanka power regulator trims proposed expenses
Feb 22, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power regulator has trimmed 33 billion rupees or about 12 percent of expenses proposed by the state-run Ceylon …
Sri Lanka economy will be stable with cost-based energy prices: IMF
Feb 14, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economy will be stable and more domestic resources will be available for high value spending if energy prices are …
Sri Lanka hydro generation recovers in November, demand flat
Feb 05, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s hydro power generation has doubled in November 2012 on improving rains allowing the utility to cut thermal …
Sri Lanka regulator starts power price revision process
Jan 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power regulator has kicked off a process to revise tariffs saying it has received cost estimates from the main …
Sri Lanka needs price formula for petroleum, electricity: power minister
Jan 21, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs a cost based price formula for electricity and petroleum, power minister Patali Ranawaka has said. The rupee fell …
Sri Lanka’s NDB to finance micro hydros with ADB credit
Jan 17, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Development Bank said it will use a 1.29 million US dollar credit line from the Asian Development Bank to …
Sri Lanka capital power grid to be upgraded with Japan loan
Jan 17, 2013 (LBO) – Japan will provide 15.9 billion yen (23.91 billion rupees) loan to upgrade the power grid around Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, …
Sri Lanka DSI group expands hydro investments
Jan 16, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s DSI Holdings group, which has interests in footwear and rubber products, is investing 350 million rupees in a two …
Sri Lanka and Afghanistan seek greater economic ties
Dec 21, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and Afghanistan has agreed on measures to strengthen economic ties following a visit by foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul to …