Alternate Electricity Tariffs Based on Usage Time Basis

The Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya while addressing the media at the Power and Renewable Energy Ministry said, that Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had introduced a new payment system for consumers to pay their electricity bill  based on usage time basis,  which will not affect the ongoing bill.

 This new  proposal was made by the CEB was approved  by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to implement the system.

According to the new system the electricity usage of Rs.13 per one unit would be charged from 10.30 pm to 05.30am. Rs.25 per unit will be charged for the users from 5.30am to 6.30pm, while Rs.54 per unit would be charged for the electricity users from 6.30pm to 10.30pm.

The consumers  will have the option either to  continue with the current  tariff charges  in operation or to switch on to the new usage time basis system.

The consumers can adopt to this new system only if they wanted to. For that they have to request a special electricity meter unit as similar to the smart metering system. Once they obtained the new system the consumer will get the benefit , Minister concluded.