Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has implemented immediate and long-term measures to strengthen grid stability following the nationwide power failure on February 9, 2025.Click here for statementIn a statement clarifying the cause of the outage, the CEB acknowledged the inconvenience caused and assured the public that corrective actions are underway to prevent future occurrences.Cause of the power failureA system-wide failure was triggered by a disturbance at the 33kV Panadura Grid Substation, leading to a sudden voltage drop. At the time, over 50% of national electricity demand was met by 800 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation, along with supply from the Lakvijaya Power Plant (470 MW) and hydropower plants (1...