The Public Utilities Commission would not allow the government to increase the electricity tariff rates. Its Chairman Janaka Rathnayake said the commission would do everything at its disposal to avoid such a situation.
He said that the Cabinet approval that is expected this evening is “unfair.”
He stated that, with the proposal, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) was planning to collect more than Rs 100 billion this year to bring sufficient coal stocks and provide an uninterrupted power supply.
“This is totally against the taxation process and the Electricity Act in the country,” he said.
He said that the Attorney General’s interpretation was ambiguous and contrary to the law.
Cameron meets Ranil
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe today.
Mr Cameron is on a two-week visit to Sri Lanka.
On his previous visit to Sri Lanka in 2013 to participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, he made it a point to visit Jaffna, meet with people there, and listen to their grievances.
