The Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC
Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper urged the Government to promote net metering, particularly in congested urban areas where daytime air-conditioning demand could be met directly through solar power, reducing reliance on fossil-fuel-based electricity generation. He thanked Hon. Ajith P. Perera for bringing the Motion and called for household solar incentives to be adopted as Government policy rather than treated as an Opposition proposal.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will just take one more minute, Sir.
¶ 02 Especially in congested towns where air conditioners are used during daytime, net metering should be encouraged, because the moment net metering takes place in towns, solar power directly goes for their air-conditioning and therefore unnecessary wastage of fossil fuel for power generation could be stopped.
¶ 03 Finally, Sir, let me thank the Hon. Ajith P. Perera for bringing this Motion. As the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake said, do not take this as merely an Opposition Motion and therefore the Government need not act. We are serious and we experience this personally. Make that incentive available for household solar as a policy.
¶ 04 Thank you very much.
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Cite as: The Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2025. No. 1747807095041246. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4001