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Electricity Consumers demand immediate distribution of CEB’s Rs 10,975 mn profit
Sunday Island
|October 26, 2025
The reduction in electricity tariffs this quarter is insufficient, and the CEB must immediately distribute Rs. 10,975 million profits it earned over the past three quarters but has yet to return to consumers, the Electricity Consumers' Association said on Friday (24).
Speaking at a press briefing, Association Secretary Sanjeewa Dhammika said the amount should be shared among the country’s 4.7 million electricity consumers, with each one receiving Rs. 2,357.
This story is from the October 26, 2025 edition of Sunday Island.
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