Public Utilities Commission to meet ‘Large Scale Electrical Consumers’ at the Ceylon Chamber

June, 3, 2015

The Consumer Consultative Committee of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is organizing a discussion to obtain feedback from large scale industrial consumers regarding electrical power generation and distribution issues in the country.

The upcoming discussion, which is to be held on the 11th of June, 2015 at the Ceylon Chamber, is aimed at conducting a dialogue with the industrial consumers regarding emerging trends of electricity generation and possible tariff changes in the future.

Mr. Damitha Kumarasinghe, Director General, PUCSL, Mr. Mangala Yapa, Secretary General/CEO, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; Eng. (Dr.) Jayantha Ranatunga, Chairman, CCC of PUCSL, Mr. H N Gunasekera, General Manager of LECO, Dr. Thilak Siyambalapitiya, Managing Director, Resource Management Associated Private Limited, Mr. M B S Samarasekera, Chief Engineer (Generation Planning), Ceylon Electricity Board and Mr. Srilal Miththapala, Consumer Consultative Committee of PUCSL will be among the speakers and penalists at the discussion.

The discussion which will start at 2.30 pm, will focus on topics such as the ‘Overview of the Current Generation Mix and ‘Short Term Capacity and Current Tariff Structure and Future Plans’