The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Kumara Jayakody stated that a proposal to reduce consumer electricity tariffs while increasing rooftop solar purchase prices contains conflicting objectives. He explained that rooftop solar feed-in tariffs differ from low-consumption retail tariffs, noting that most customers use under 90 units monthly and pay about Rs. 18.50 per unit, while many existing rooftop contracts at around Rs. 37 per unit must be honored for 20 years. He added that solar and thermal generation costs are not directly comparable because solar is daytime-only unless storage is added, which increases overall cost.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, your supplemental mixes two opposing aims: lowering consumers’ tariffs while increasing producers’ purchase prices. Rooftop solar feed-in tariffs (about Rs. 27–37 per unit depending on category) differ from retail tariffs for low-consumption customers (about Rs. 18.50 per unit up to 90 units; roughly 70 percent of our ~7 million customers consume below 90 units monthly). Around 56–60 percent of existing rooftop capacity contracted at about Rs. 37 per unit must be honored for 20 years. Thermal vs. solar cannot be directly compared: daytime-only solar cannot displace night demand unless stored, and storage raises overall cost.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 August 2025. No. 1757391500023637. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22571