3-hour blackout; reason yet to be known – CEB

28 September 2015 03:58 am

The Ceylon Electricity Board said that the exact reason for the three-hour island wide power failure last night is yet to be identified and the power supply to some areas in the country is being restored.

CEB Chairman Anura Wijepala said that there may be several reasons for the failure, among them were due to high voltage electricity supply to the main grid or tripping of transmission lines due to lightening.

“We cannot come to a conclusion on the reasons as our officials are conducting investigations into the failure,” the Chairman said.
"We will restore the electricity supply for the rest of the areas as soon as possible," he said.  He also said that Power and Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya had also asked for a report from the CEB on the islandwide electricity failure.

At around 11 pm last night, the country experienced a black-out and steps were taken to restore power by around 4 am today.