The Ministry of Power has announced that there will be no daily power cuts from today (Feb 14) following the addition of one unit from the Norochcholai Power Plant to the national grid.
Also issuing a statement, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced there will be no daily power cuts from today.
CEB Media Spokesman Dhammike Wimalaratne said this was because one unit of the Norochcholai Power Plant was successfully reconnected to the National Grid this morning.
He further said that as a result, demand management measures will no longer be necessary starting today.
Power cuts were implemented after all three generators at the Norochcholai Power Plant went offline due to a sudden outage last Sunday.
This prompted the CEB to impose one-and-a-half-hour power cuts across all regions on Monday and Tuesday this week, in four groups, within a six-hour window from 3:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
A one-hour power cut was also scheduled yesterday in four categories between 05.00 pm and 09.30 pm. (Newswire)