illegal tariff increase: PUCSL to take legal action- Chairman

By Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama  

Legal action will be taken against the ministry’s decision to increase the electricity tariff by 66%, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Rathnayake said.  

While addressing the media via Zoom from Australia, he said that he had not authorized the tariff increase.  However, the CEB had mentioned in a letter that the decision was taken as a collective decision by the PUCSL.  The PUCSL previously proposed a 36% electricity tariff, but it is unethical and illegal to increase the tariff while putting a burden on people, he said.