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Pass Rs. 60m daily power savings to consumers: ECA
Sunday Island
|July 05, 2026
The Electricity Consumers’ Association yesterday urged the government to pass on to electricity consumers the savings resulting from the recent reduction in diesel prices, claiming that the lower fuel cost would save more than Rs. 60 million a day in electricity generation.
Association Secretary Sanjeewa Dhammika said that with the price of a litre of diesel reduced by Rs. 25 under the latest fuel price revision, the cost of generating electricity would decline by approximately Rs. 62 million per day, or more than Rs. 600 million over 10 days.
He also called on the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to intervene immediately to ensure that these savings are passed on to electricity consumers.
This story is from the July 05, 2026 edition of Sunday Island.
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