The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has planned for an uninterrupted supply of power islandwide throughout the year with no scheduled power cuts and currently full capacity of available power plants is in use for power generation, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera revealed.
Taking to Twitter, Minister Wijesekera stated that options related to ensuring a continuous power supply with no scheduled power cuts and the maximum water that can be released for agriculture will be shared with the Cabinet of Ministers today.
He also refuted media reports of an electricity tariff hike, assuring that there will be no price revision on electricity.
Minister Wijesekera stated that the government policy decision is to revise electricity prices biannually, in January and July every year.
