The Hon. Kumara Jayakody - Minister of Energy
The Minister of Energy provided a written-style reply detailing fly ash sale revenues from 2015 to 2024, amounting to Rs. 7.895 billion, with the highest annual revenue of Rs. 2.298 billion recorded in 2024. He stated that fly ash sales were conducted through National Competitive Bidding, listing successive tenders approved by the relevant Cabinet procurement bodies from 2011 through the current 2024–2027 tender. He also reported CSR expenditure funded from fly ash revenue totalling Rs. 91.898 million over the period, including Rs. 39.647 million in 2024, and stated that part (b) was not applicable.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answer is as follows.
¶ 02 (a) (i) Revenue from sale of fly ash from 2015 to 2024 (Sri Lanka Rupees):
¶ 03 - 2015: 336,151,356.00 - 2016: 390,092,156.00 - 2017: 284,633,238.67 - 2018: 658,717,991.49 - 2019: 622,966,408.99 - 2020: 699,123,525.92 - 2021: 786,916,554.36 - 2022: 669,449,275.85 - 2023: 1,149,179,830.07 - 2024: 2,297,592,886.56 Total: 7,894,823,223.91
¶ 04 (ii) The sale of fly ash is carried out following the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedure. Tender details:
¶ 05 - 2011–2015: First tender approved by the Cabinet Appointed Standing Procurement Committee (CASPC) for sale of fly ash from the first unit, operated for five years from the commencement of the plant.
¶ 06 - 2015–2018: Second tender approved by CASPC commenced in 2015 for sale of fly ash from the second and third units for three years.
¶ 07 - 2018–2023: Third tender approved by CASPC commenced in February 2018 for sale of fly ash from all three units for five years.
¶ 08 - 2023–2024: BOOT tender approved by the Cabinet Appointed Tender Board for sale of fly ash from all three units from July 2023 to September 2024.
¶ 09 - 2024–2027: Fifth tender approved by CASPC commenced in October 2024 for a three-year period up to September 2027 for sale of fly ash from all units.
¶ 10 (iii) Expenditure on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from fly-ash revenue (LKR):
¶ 11 - 2015: - - 2016: 12,526,000.00 - 2017: - - 2018: 2,891,690.50 - 2019: 3,534,973.60 - 2020: 4,552,732.80 - 2021: 19,546,811.16 - 2022: 7,010,556.66 - 2023: 2,188,968.25 - 2024: 39,646,625.04 Total: 91,898,358.01
¶ 12 Notably, in 2024, LKR 39 million was allocated.
¶ 13 (b) Not applicable.
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