Although the Ceylon Electricity Board has said that it is not possible to reduce electricity tariffs for six months, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has decided that if the current situation and all factors are taken into account, electricity tariffs can be reduced by a range of 11-23%.
Accordingly, it is said that the Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to make a counter-proposal to the proposal that electricity tariffs cannot be reduced by an amount between 11-23 % to be made public today (17).
Accordingly, commentators say that a conflict of opinion has arisen between the two highest institutions responsible for electricity tariffs, the Ceylon Electricity Board and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.