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| Tuesday, 27 April 2004 |
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by Anura Maitipe As the North West monsoonal rains set in, water levels of the main hydro reservoirs have rapidly increased over the past few days, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) spokesman told the Daily News. The failure of the North West monsoonal rains towards the latter part of 2003 aggravated the drought resulting in a shortage of water to hydro reservoirs, he said. The water levels of Castlereigh, Maussakelle, Kothmale, Victoria, Randenigala and Samanalawewa have now increased from storage capacity of 165 GWH to 262 GWH following the monsoonal rains in the catchment areas, he added. The annual power requirement of the country is around 7600 Mega watts. Of this, nearly 4100 MW is generated from hydro stations and the rest is supplied from diesel power stations, he said. "We spend Rs 60 million per day on fuel to generate power. But if it was a coal powered plant, the same quantity of Mega watts could have been produced with Rs 32 million and it would have saved Rs 28 million per day," he said. If the country turns to coal power, the Government can save large sums of money and also reduce the unit price of electricity for the consumer's benefit, the spokesman said. |
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