The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Renewable energy development was highlighted as essential to reducing reliance on costly thermal power and easing high electricity bills for consumers. A request was made to restore the earlier, higher purchase price for rooftop solar units to incentivize additional capacity and provide household economic relief. Clarification was also sought on a matter reported in The Sunday Times.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, thank you for the response. Renewable energy is crucial, and thermal power costs burden consumers; electricity bills remain high. Regarding rooftop solar, could the unit purchase price be restored to earlier, higher levels to encourage capacity additions, which would also give households economic relief? Also, please comment on the item reported in The Sunday Times.
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