{"id":143011,"date":"2024-07-15T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=143011"},"modified":"2024-07-15T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:56:53","slug":"public-utilities-commission-of-sri-lanka-approves-22-5-electricity-tariff-reduction-from-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/07\/15\/public-utilities-commission-of-sri-lanka-approves-22-5-electricity-tariff-reduction-from-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka approves 22.5% electricity tariff reduction from tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved a significant reduction in electricity tariffs, amounting to 22.5%, which will take effect from midnight today (16), according to PUCSL Chairman Prof. Manjula Fernando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Tariff Reductions for <br>Domestic Consumers:0-30 units: Reduced from Rs. 8 to Rs. 6 (25% reduction)<br>31-60 units: Reduced from Rs. 20 to Rs. 9<br>61-90 units: Reduced from Rs. 30 to Rs. 18 (55% reduction)<br>91-120 units: Reduced from Rs. 50 to Rs. 30<br>121-180 units: Reduced from Rs. 50 to Rs. 42<br>More than 180 units: Reduced from Rs. 75 to Rs. 65<br>Religious Places: Tariffs reduced by over 30%<br>Hotels and Minor Industries:<br>Daytime tariffs reduced by 33% for both low voltage and 33kV systems<br>Prof. Fernando highlighted that the revisions address stakeholder concerns, particularly the need for reductions for minor industries and hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes aim to alleviate financial burdens and support various sectors by making electricity more affordable across the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143012\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved a significant reduction in electricity tariffs, amounting to 22.5%, which will take effect from midnight today (16), according to PUCSL Chairman Prof. Manjula Fernando. Key Tariff Reductions for Domestic Consumers:0-30 units: Reduced from Rs. 8 to Rs. 6 (25% reduction)31-60 units: Reduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}