Sufficient rainfall, maximum 5-hour power cut: CEB engineers union

• The Soijitz and West Coast Power plants only have diesel in hand, but no other thermal power plants have fuel 

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama   

With the sufficient rainfall in the hydro-catchment areas, there is no need of generating electricity using thermal power plants, and the maximum power cut would be five hours, the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union said.  

 They said the Soijitz and West Coast Power plants only have diesel in hand, but no other thermal power plants have fuel. 

The fuel in hand with Soijitz power plant would only be sufficient for one day, while the West Coast Power plant has diesel for a maximum of two days, the union said.   However, hydro and wind power electricity generation has increased.   Considering all power generation sources, except thermal power plants, the maximum power shedding hours would be five, the CEB union added.