The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana
Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana questioned the Prime Minister on electricity tariff relief, arguing that delays in implementing past generation plans and storage systems had contributed to solar power curtailment and financial losses. He cited estimated curtailed solar generation of 6.5 GWh in March and 24 GWh in April, and asked when businesses and households could expect reduced electricity bills under the Government’s current measures.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you for the answer, Hon. Prime Minister. My first supplementary is this:
¶ 02 Opposition Members made much noise about the power crisis. During their tenure there were Generation Plans (2015-2034; 2018-2037) and slogans like “Solar Power Revolution,” but implementation lagged. For example, a 200 MW pumped storage was to be built by 2024; battery systems to store solar were not put in place. As a result, in March, 6.5 GWh of free solar had to be curtailed, estimated at about Rs. 170 million. In April, 24 GWh were curtailed, estimated at Rs. 635 million. Due to failure to install storage earlier, the country has suffered financially. Under the measures you now take, when can the business sector and households expect tariff relief? Is there a timeframe to reduce electricity bills?
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Cite as: The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21410