Hon. Kumara Jayakody

¶ 01 You also should have some knowledge. To protect the stability of the system and to keep electricity stable for 7 million customers without interruption, on low-demand days and holidays we sometimes have to curtail 100 to 150 megawatts.

¶ 02 We have had to do so because the necessary work was not done earlier by you. You did not develop the system and its infrastructure. When the system needed to add 160 megawatts of solar per year, 600 megawatts were taken in. It was not we who did that; even if 1,000 megawatts had been taken, I would have been fine, but the measures needed to keep the system stable were not done. Treating it like a pavement business does not work. We did not do that; previous governments and their ministers did. There is no point in waging different campaigns. The long-term generation plan specified 160 megawatts, but 600 megawatts have been added. Who looked at what that would do to the system? You, Ministers and MPs, were there at that time. Why did you not do it then? We are doing it now. Since after the 9th of February, has there been any problem? We will continue to do what is necessary. As a government, we act after considering these matters, Hon. Member. So do not keep asking about it. The more you ask, the more your own errors will be exposed, because a system cannot run like that.