Sri Lanka, Dec. 7 -- At a meeting chaired by Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and held at the Power and Energy Ministry yesterday it was revealed that a power crisis by April or May next year was inevitable as a result of the delay in constructing the proposed 300 MW-LNG power plant at Kerawalapiya.
Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) officials who participated at the discussion had pointed out that a minimum of 100 MWs of power was needed to prevent a power crisis in in the mid 2020 and that parcel of power has to be procured from private suppliers at a very higher cost, making the CEB's financial position extremely precarious.
"The same scenario was experienced at the end of 2018 and the CEB had to go for spot purchases for 300...