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The Hon. S.M. Marikkar

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Colombo· 17 June 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question Q.279/2024: SMS Service for Electricity Bills

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S.M. Marikkar asked the Minister of Energy for details on the implementation of sending electricity bills via SMS, including when the service began and whether all consumers have registered. He sought figures on unregistered consumers and asked what arrangements are in place to provide bills to those unable to register or without mobile phones.

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¶ 01 asked the Minister of Energy: (a) Will he inform this House - (i) the time elapsed since the commencement of sending the electricity bills through the SMS facility? (ii) whether all electricity consumers have got registered for the SMS service by now; (iii) if not, the number of electricity consumers who have not registered yet; and (iv) the measures that have been taken to provide electricity bills to electricity consumers who are unable to register for that service and who do not have mobile phones? (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 17 June 2025 ·No. 1750929357043199 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. S.M. Marikkar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 June 2025. No. 1750929357043199. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14501