The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake, speaking as a former Power Minister, said the priority in the electricity sector should be uninterrupted supply and adequate attention to consumers when supply failures occur. He questioned what support or redress is available to the 6.5 million consumers when outages happen for primary system reasons, noting that consumers face disconnection after two months of non-payment while their losses from repeated outages, including on Sundays, are not addressed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, thank you for revealing the true position. As a former Power Minister, I wish to clarify. Your answers, given with awareness, are better than those by some engineers. The key is uninterrupted supply. However, when supply is interrupted, the consumer’s problems are not addressed. There are 6.5 million consumers. If a consumer cannot pay a bill for two months, supply is disconnected. What support is given when outages occur due to primary reasons? Often on Sundays there are multiple outages; no one speaks of the consumer’s loss.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 February 2025. No. 1741001658041256. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24962