The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
The Minister of Energy responded to a question on the electricity bill SMS service, stating that it began about two years ago and is not mandatory. He said 6,964,414 consumers, or about 97.1 per cent of active consumers, had registered by June 2025, while about 204,832 remained unregistered. He added that consumers without mobile phones can receive printed bills on request.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the answers are as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Approximately two years have elapsed since commencement. (ii) No. (iii) Approximately 204,832 active consumers are yet to register for the SMS service, which is about 2.9% of total active consumers. As of June 2025, 6,964,414 consumers have registered (about 97.1% of active consumers). (iv) For consumers without mobile phones, printed bills are issued upon request.
¶ 03 (b) Does not arise.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 June 2025. No. 1750929357043199. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14502