PUCSL rejects CEB bid to hire 200MW barge-mounted plant By Namini Wijedasa View(s): View(s):Electricity regulator, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), has denied approval to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to hire a 200MW barge-mounted plant for anchoring in Galle on an emergency basis. The PUCSL says the CEB hasn’t submitted information to justify why it should be exempted from calling for competitive bids for the barge. In the past, the CEB has also pointed out that the barge was not specifically approved as an emergency procurement under the Electricity (Amendment) Act. Having added these plants would have further averted the requirement for emergency power. Therefore, it should have initiated tenders on time for the procurement of power plants under the Least Cost Long Term Generation Expansion Plan.

Source: Sunday Times September 28, 2019 19:41 UTC