Electricity tariff revision after Finance Ministry’s advice - CEB

Electricity tariff revision after Finance Ministry’s advice - CEB

January 17, 2025   05:18 pm

The Ministry of Energy has issued a special announcement regarding the revision of electricity tariffs recommended by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today.

Accordingly, it states that once the new electricity tariff revision recommended by the PUCSL is officially received, it will be implemented by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) following the advice of the Ministry of Finance.

The PUCSL today announced that it has decided to reduce electricity tariffs by an average amount of 20% overall with effect from midnight today (17) and that this is for the first 06 months of the year.

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