{"id":1536,"date":"2026-01-15T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:56:31","slug":"sri-lankas-npp-electricity-policy-unfair-to-consumers-renewables-sajith-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/?p=1536","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s NPP electricity policy unfair to consumers, renewables – Sajith said"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said the National People\u2019s Power (NPP) government\u2019s proposed electricity policy would place an excessive burden on consumers, weaken the renewable energy sector and disproportionately impact low-income household<\/p>\n

Posting on X, he objected to several elements of the policy, including a proposal to charge consumers for street lighting and the introduction of a time-of-use pricing system under which a unit of electricity could cost as much as 67 Sri Lankan rupees.<\/p>\n

He described the measures as \u201cblatantly unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sajith warned that asking the public to pay for street lamps could lead to resistance, with potential consequences for public safety and law and order.<\/p>\n

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He also raised concerns about proposals affecting solar power users, particularly plans to charge for electricity generated by solar systems based on daytime consumption.<\/p>\n

Sajith said such measures should not be implemented without broader public engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cProposals such as payment for solar generators based on units used by the consumer during daytime must be subjected to public consultation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sajith urged the government to honor an earlier pledge to reduce electricity tariffs by 33%, noting that the proposed 11.57% increase contradicts that commitment.<\/p>\n

He also called on authorities to provide greater support to the renewable energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said the National People\u2019s Power (NPP) government\u2019s proposed electricity policy would place an excessive burden on consumers, weaken the renewable energy sector and disproportionately impact low-income household Posting on X, he objected to several elements of the policy, including a proposal to charge consumers for street lighting and the introduction of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local","category-breaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eelam24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}