The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
The Minister stated that the Ceylon Electricity Board implemented 208 generation and transmission projects from 2020 to 2024, with further small-scale annual distribution projects under ten-year distribution development plans. He noted that the Badulla District had one relevant project, the Uma Oya Hydropower Project, under the Ministry of Irrigation’s multi-purpose development programme. He said projects are selected according to the CEB’s long-term generation and transmission plans approved by the Public Utilities Commission, not on external requests, and tabled details on funding, estimates and expenditure.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Ceylon Electricity Board: Special Projects Implemented from 2020 to 2024 (Q. 435/2025)
¶ 02 (a) Generation and transmission projects: 208. Details are given in the annex. Additionally, under Distribution Divisions 1–4, ten-year distribution development plans are implemented through annual small-scale distribution projects.
¶ 03 (b) In Badulla District: 01 project – Uma Oya Hydropower Project, implemented as part of a multi-purpose development project under the purview of the Ministry of Irrigation (Item 3 in annex).
¶ 04 (c) Projects are not undertaken on external requests; they follow the CEB’s 20-year Long-Term Generation Expansion Plan and the ten-year Long-Term Transmission Development Plan approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka, and implemented with support of local and international agencies. Funding agencies, estimates and expenditures are in the annex. Answer tabled.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 March 2025. No. 1743651953052186. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29341