electricity board logo government owned corporation overview type electricity generation electricity transmission electricity distribution electricity retailing headquarters colombo sri lanka 06 55 49 n 79 50 50 e 6.93028 n 79.84722 e 6.93028 ; 79.84722 coordinates 06 55 49 n 79 50 50 e 6.93028 n 79.84722 e 6.93028 ; 79.84722 motto enrich life through power annual budget 204.7 billion lkr 2014 minister responsible hon. ranjith siyambalapitiya 1 government owned corporation executive mr. w.d.a.s. wijayapala 2 chairman parent department department of power and energy parent government owned corporation lanka electricity company website www.ceb.lk the ceylon electricity board also abbreviated as ceb is the largest electricity company in sri lanka a body corporate established under act of parliament no. 17 of 1969 . with a market share of nearly 100 % it controls all major functions of electricity generation transmission distribution and retailing in sri lanka . it is one of the only two on grid electricity companies in the country ; the other being lanka electricity company . the company earned approximately lkr 204.7 billion in 2014 with a total of nearly 5.42 million consumer accounts . established in 1969 before 1969 it was a government department department of government electrical undertakings dgeu the company now has a total installed capacity of 3 932 mw of which approximately 2 115 mw is from thermal energy and 1 817 mw is from hydroelectricity and wind . due to low wind resource rough terrain and poor road conditions in sri lanka ceb owns only one 3 mw wind farm in hambantota known as the hambantota wind farm . the farm consists of five turbines measuring 600 kw each . however 128 mw of wind power plants owned by private sector ipp are already connected to ceb s national grid . ceb also manages hydroelectric dams such as the victoria dam and the norocholai coal power station . contents 1 mission of ceb 2 electricity generation 2.1 hydro power 2.2 thermal power 3 development 4 blackouts and shutdowns 5 billing 6 see also 7 references 8 external links mission of ceb edit to develop and maintain an efficient coordinated and economical system of electricity supply to the whole of sri lanka while adhering to our core values quality service to the nation efficiency and effectiveness commitment safety professionalism sustainability electricity generation edit hydro power edit electricity generation by ceb is primarily done by hydro power . hydro power is the oldest and most dependent source of electricity generation taking a share of nearly 42 % of the total available grid capacity in december 2014 and 37 % of power generated in 2014 . 3 hydropower generation facilities has been constantly under development since the introduction of the national grid but is currently declining due to the exhaustion of the resource . in 2014 then media spokesperson at the ceb senajith dassanayake said the generation of hydro power has dropped to 37 % ; as a result 60 percent of the electricity needs have to be fulfilled by thermal energy . 4 thermal power edit the norocholai coal power station the only coal fired power station in the country is owned by ceb ; it was commissioned in late 2011 and finished in 2014 under loans from export import bank of china . it added further 300 megawatts of electrical capacity to the grid . 5 the sampur coal power station is currently under consideration in trincomalee . 6 development edit in 2011 ceylon electricity board opened a new coal power plant named puttalam lakvijaya . on 13 february 2011 it was synchronized with the system . 7 on 17 september 2014 us 1.35 billion coal fired norochcholai power station was commissioned by the chinese president xi jinping on his visit to sri lanka . the export import bank of china provided a us 450 million loan for the first 300 megawatt unit at the power plant . 8 the power plant was officially commenced on 16 september 2014 . 9 blackouts and shutdowns edit on october 2010 during a test run a fire broke out in the chimney due to clogging . splits in the cooling system piping triggered a shutdown down of the power plant . the ceylon electricity board decided to institute blackouts to households and industries for three hours a day until the fault is fully repaired . 8 on december 2013 more leaks were discovered in the cooling system the ceb decided that the plant was too dangerous to operate at the moment . the ceb requested assistance from cmec and the company said that it would take about six weeks to fix the faults . after negotiations the plant was repaired by cmec and brought back online . a day later it failed once more and was shut down again for six more days . in 2014 then minister of power and energy pavithra wanniarachchi revealed that the norochcholai power plant had been offline for 271 days out of the 1086 days since it had been operating . 8 on 25 february 2016 the entire country of sri lanka experienced a 3 hour blackout due to a lightning striking the national power grid . 10 on 13 march 2016 sri lanka experienced another 7 hour island wide blackout due to a damaged transformer in the 220kv substation at biyagama . it was considered to be the worst nationwide power outage in 20 years . prime minister ranil wickremesinghe appointed a five member committee to investigate the blackout . due to initial suspicions of sabotage president maithripala sirisena deployed troops to guard electrical installations until the investigation was completed . the ceb also reported that the outage caused lakvijaya coal power plant to fail which cut 900 mega watts to the national grid . 11 12 13 on march 23 2016 power and renewable energy minister ranjith siyambalapitiya told parliament that the reason for the recent island wide power outage was a lack of regular maintenance of power installations . 14 the engineer in charge of the biyagama substation had previously reported that a key transformer needed maintenance however no repairs were made . 15 billing edit ceylon electricity board has lost 25.5 billion rupees in 2011 and run up debts of 121 billion rupees with a petroleum distributor who and independent power producers . 16 in 2012 ceb lost 61.2 billion rupees and the ceylon petroleum corporation which supplied fuel below cost 89.7 billion rupees . to cover up the loss ceb increased power tariffs in large scales . the ceb expected to get revenues of 223 billion rupees from the price hike or 45 billion rupees more than the earlier tariff and still lost 33 billion rupees in 2013 on total expenses of 256 billion rupees . 17 on 16 september 2014 after officially opening a completed 1.35 billion chinese financed 900 mw coal power plant project sri lankan president at the time mahinda rajapaksa addressed the nation saying that the electricity bills of the people will be reduced by 25 % . 9 the ceb stated that it will take about two weeks to come up with a process of creating electricity bills to reflect the reduction in prices . 18 see also edit energy in sri lanka india sri lanka hvdc interconnection list of power stations in sri lanka references edit hon. minister s message . ministry of power and renewable energy . retrieved 20 july 2015 . our management . ceb . retrieved 20 july 2015 . demand side management ceylon electricity board . retrieved 20 september 2014 . generation of hydro power has decreased observes ceb . retrieved 19 september 2014 . no more coal plants retrieved 8 august 2010 ministry current energy projects pdf retrieved 7 august 2010 ceb annual financial statement 2011 . retrieved 19 september 2014 . a b c a new coal power station the coal industry won t boast about . retrieved 19 september 2014 . a b sri lanka cuts energy price after start of chinese funded coal power plant . retrieved 20 september 2014 . sri lanka suffers hours long power blackout . the star malaysia 25 february 2016 . retrieved 26 february 2016 . sri lanka suffers hours long power blackout . ndtv 13 march 2016 . retrieved 13 march 2016 . sri lanka deploys troops after worst blackout in 20 years . dailymail . retrieved 14 march 2016 . norochcholai out of action ; power cuts to continue . times online . retrieved 14 march 2016 . cause for power failures in sri lanka is lack of regular maintenance minister . colombopage news desk 23 march 2016 . retrieved 2 may 2016 . biyagama ce warned ceb often . ceylon today 17 march 2016 . retrieved 2 may 2016 . sri lanka ceb loses rs25 .5 bn . archived from the original on 9 may 2015 . retrieved 18 september 2014 . sri lanka power tariffs raised update . archived from the original on 13 july 2014 . retrieved 20 september 2014 . ceb says electricity bill reduction will not reflect immediately . retrieved 20 september 2014 . external links edit official website ceylon electricity board on facebook v t e electricity in sri lanka sustainable power stations hydro power laxapana complex broadlands canyon castlereigh laxapana maskeliya norton 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