People have Not Understood Severity of the Power Crisis – Energy Minister
A proposal will be submitted to revise the rates of Electricity Bills for consumers with very high electricity consumption, the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said today (May 28).
Speaking at a press conference, the Minister requested for all parties to be concerned with regard to electricity consumption, and to reduce institutional and individual consumption of electricity.
Furthermore, Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said the people have not understood the severity of the Power Crisis in the country.
He said the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has requested on multiple occasions to revise the rates of electricity charges that had lasted for the past 09 years.
Pointing out that programs have been implemented where certain institutions pay less than the usual tariff, the Minister said that this facility has been misused as well.
Further stating that a loss is incurred due to electricity generation, he said that a tariff revision has been proposed for certain institutions with high-consumption such as hotels and industries with the exception of hospitals and low-income houses.
Therefore, the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has also been sought for this matter.
For certain high-consumption facilities, the Minister said that there may be a chance of the tariff increasing twofold or threefold. Therefore, he said that the best alternative is to obtain the assistance of solar panels and instructed to take expeditious steps to fit roofs with solar panels, and added that a program is also underway to seek the feasibility of fitting Government owned building rooftops with solar panels.
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Dear Mr Minister,
Thank you for your stupid wisdom.
The move to alternative energy (solar, wind), the CAPITAL investments required are so high that even economically stable countries are adopting a gradual move.
You and your stupid predecessors in Govt believed that SUBSIDIES win votes.
Now you and your stupid fellow leaders have realised that SUBSIDIES are no longer possible.
Please Sir, hire 4 SLTB Busses and collect the coward leader from his bunker and then collect all of the 225 baboons from the Parliament and instruct the bus drivers to drive the Busses into the Beira Lake !!!