The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara questioned the Government’s delay in implementing promised electricity tariff reductions, noting earlier public assurances of substantial bill reductions. He referred to repeated extensions granted to the CEB by the PUCSL, the rejection of proposed reductions, and indications that only a minimal reduction may be possible, despite high hydro generation. He asked why relief has been postponed until June and highlighted the impact of high electricity costs on small industries.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, my first supplementary is this. The Government promised to reduce electricity tariffs significantly—claims were made of reducing bills, for example, from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 3,000 and from Rs. 9,000 to Rs. 6,000. People believed these assurances. Yet, the tariff reduction has been delayed repeatedly. The PUCSL had requested the CEB to submit revisions promptly from November 1, but there were repeated extensions, and now it is pushed to June. The PUCSL rejected an initial proposal to reduce tariffs by 5–11 per cent and later indicated only about 1.2 per cent was possible. With hydro generation around 56 per cent recently, why is the reduction delayed to June? High tariffs are crippling small industries—Sri Lanka has among the highest in Asia. What is the reason?
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2025. No. 1738229262040729. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23608