The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake asked the Minister to respond on whether electricity consumers can expect a one-third reduction in bills. He cited data that 38 percent of electricity is coal-generated and questioned whether the lower calorific value of coal, reportedly below 5,300, is increasing thermal generation costs. He also referred to a statement by Minister Nalinda Jayatissa on renewable energy and Battery Energy Storage System costs, seeking clarification in that context.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, I am given 28 minutes to ask a supplementary question. Please answer within about 10 minutes.
¶ 02 Electricity consumers are looking forward to a reduction of one-third of their electricity bills. What do you have to say at this moment regarding that? As I know, in the answer relevant to my question, it is stated in Annex 563 that 38 percent of electricity is generated through coal. Since the calorific value of the coal now being received has fallen below 5,300, generation from thermal plants is increasing the bill. Also, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa says—this was in yesterday’s paper—that in renewable energy and the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) there is a combined COE of 640.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2026. No. 23269. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12906