The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
The Minister of Energy confirmed that electricity sector restructuring will proceed under the amended Electricity Act, No. 14 of 2025, in line with Section 17 and the First Schedule of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024. He stated that six companies will be incorporated for system operation, transmission, generation, distribution, energy ventures, and a CEB employees fund, and added that part (b) of the question was not applicable.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answer is as follows: (a)(i) Yes. (ii) Under the amended Electricity Act, No. 14 of 2025, in conformity with Section 17 and the First Schedule of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024, restructuring will be carried out by incorporating six companies as follows: 1. National System Operator (Pvt.) Limited 2. National Transmission Network Service Provider (Pvt.) Limited 3. Electricity Generation Lanka (Pvt.) Limited 4. Electricity Distribution Lanka (Pvt.) Limited 5. Energy Ventures Lanka (Pvt.) Limited 6. CEB Employees Fund (Pvt.) Limited (b) Not applicable.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 22 October 2025 ·No. 22638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 October 2025. No. 22638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12289