Powerless: Sri Lanka's energy dependency problem

Sri Lanka's main coal power plant has suffered yet another breakdown which means power cuts have been extended again. Add to this the fact that electricity tariffs have nearly doubled and it's fair for consumers to wonder if they are being treated fairly by the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). we're discussing the CEB's generation costs, allegations of corruption, and fossil fuel dependency. As one politician put it - "there is a lot of corruption and wastage happening in the CEB and it is unfair to dump all the mismanaged costs on the consumer saying ‘this is how much it costs us to produce a unit of electricity’." This week we're revisiting one of our lengthier long-form investigations into the energy infrastructure of the country to explain why Sri Lanka is powerless and to help our listeners understand the problem of energy dependency. For a deeper understanding of the problem, check out the full investigation here. Soundbites - Face the Nation on TV 1, aired August 15, 2022 1. Dr. Rohantha Abeysekera - Acting General Manager, CEB 2. Mr. Damitha Kumarasinghe - Director General, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Download the Watchdog App for Android! Music - Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.