Power cuts experienced in parts of the island

Power cuts experienced in parts of the island

January 11, 2022   08:12 pm

Disruptions to the power supply are experienced in several parts of the country, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced.

Reportedly, the situation is a result of a sudden breakdown of a privately-owned generator at the Kelanitissa power plant.

However, earlier today, the CEB had stated that electricity supply will not be disrupted anywhere on the island today.

On Monday, the CEB published a manual load shedding schedule which includes the times and areas where there could be possible power cuts in the future. 

It said demand management measures will be taken as per the schedule, due to inadequate generation as a result of fuel shortage and unavailability of generators.

It was noted that all the feeders assigned to a particular group may not be interrupted depending on the demand and available generation capacity at a particular time.

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