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    Use power sparingly - Ministry

    October 17, 2016

    Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy announced that the Power generation in Lakwijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai has been interrupted due to a technical fault in the transmission line since Saturday (17th Oct.).


    The power generating capacity of the power plant has been reduced by 900 Mw and the power supply has to be curtailed due to the high demand for power.

     


    Accordingly, the power supply will be curtailed for 2 ½ hours in the morning and for one hour in the night from today to until 21. However, this power cut will not affect to the Colombo city limits, hospitals, and industrial zones.

     

    The ministry issuing a statement announced that the time duration of the power cut could be reduced if the demand is reduced. Therefore, the ministry requested the customers to be considerate when consuming electricity.


     

    Day Time


        GroupA                                GroupB                     Group C                           Group D

    8.00h – 10.30h               10.00h – 13.00h       13.00h – 15.30h                 15.30h – 18.00h  

     


    Night Time


        Group A                                   Group B                          Group C                    Group D  
    18.00h – 19.00h                19.00h – 20.00h                 20.00h – 21.00h         21.00h – 22.00h

     

     

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    Last modified on Monday, 17 October 2016 16:40

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