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Power Regulation Commission from December

by Rashomi Silva

The Power Regulation Commission, the regulatory body that will streamline the Government's power sector restructuring programme will begin operations from mid December this year, the Power Sector Reform Office announced. The setting up of the Commission which was scheduled for October had to be postponed due to various internal and external factors, a senior Reform Office official said.

"We have agreed to go for a collective Agreement with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Lanka Electricity Company Ltd. (LECO) trade unions to ensure a better Reform office-employee relationship in the future," he added.

He said that the Reform Office proposal on the agreement are already forwarded to the Power and Energy Ministry for their approval, "once we receive the approval from the Ministry we hope to discuss the agreement with the trade unions." A special gazette notification outlining in detailed state principles and stands on Restructuring programme of the Power Sector will be issued after the parties come to a settlement on the contents of the 'Collective Agreement', he said.

However, a trade union official speaking to the Daily news said that they would demand for the payment of salary arrears before the official gazette notification on Power Regulating Commission is published.

CEB workers were recently granted a 40 percent back dated salary increase from year 2000.

Power and Energy Minister Karu Jayasuriya has repeatedly given assurances that the rights and privileges of the workers will be even more safeguarded under the proposed companies and that will heighten their prospects for carrier advancement.

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