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Claiming that the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has granted special electricity tariff reduction to Housing Apartment Complexes than normal domestic units, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today that electricity could be provided to normal domestic units at concessionary rates if the special relief granted to Housing Apartments was withdrawn.
The Minister told Parliament that the eletricity tariff charged from Housing Apartment complexes were 50% lesser than the tariffs charged from normal housing units and raised doubts as to why the PUCSL has allowed such special relief to the Housing Apartments.
The Minister said he expected the PUCSL would change that special relief granted to Housing Apartment Complexes and added that if that was done, domestic consumers could be provided with electricity at concessionary rates.
The Minister also said he was positive that the PUCSL would give the approval to the proposal of electricity tariff revision on February 15 as promised by the Commission.
"The PUCSL promised to the Cabinet and the National Council that it will amend the tariff proposals and give its approval on February 15. We hope they will keep their word," he said.
He said the power crisis had aggravated due to the delay caused by PUCSL's approval to tariff hike. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)
Dee Thursday, 09 February 2023 01:05 PM
Probably because their lackeys are mostly in housing apartments . The government should first look into the composition of the PUCSL.
Consumer Thursday, 09 February 2023 01:27 PM
What is the response of PUCSL to the allegation of the Minister ? If its true the PUCSL should be hauled before Courts and charged !
Panini Edirisinhe Thursday, 09 February 2023 02:08 PM
I don't know much about all this, but I did once see it said that Janaka Ratnayake of the PUCSL is the owner of many "Housing Apartment Complexes". Most of these "stories" seem to have "confusing the public" as their primary aim.
Businessman cannot be in charge when they do to promote apartments Thursday, 09 February 2023 04:14 PM
The PUCSL chairman has again and again pointed to with this deceit of granting concession to those buying his apartments from his business. Even in Parliament the President threw up the accusation, but now the detail is clear. PUCSL chairman can market his apartments as getting less electricity tariffs compared to others domestic users. The concession is utterly unfair to the majority of the public who do not live in apartments.
Builder of Housing Apartments should to be chairman after trick now found out Thursday, 09 February 2023 04:23 PM
There is plenty enough evidence of Janaka Ratnayake building and selling Apartments. His sales will surely go up while extra concession is given to those who buy the Apartments because of greater electricity concessions. This trick by PUCSL should have been rooted out much much earlier, and Chairman bias and conflict of interest pointed out earlier.
Eper Thursday, 09 February 2023 05:45 PM
One country one law.How dare PUCSL give preferential treatment to apartments. This is the beginning of another strike
Jef Friday, 10 February 2023 04:12 PM
Sri lanka have become normalcy with corrupt ideas with everthing officials manipulate to benifit them majority are filty Rich once your in politics majority become money making thives..something need to be done to replace all crooks and thives
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