By Ifham Nizam
After failing to resume generation of electricity since last Friday’s fire, Norachcholai Power Plant or Lak Wijaya Power Plant General Manager, Saliya Panditharatne yesterday assured that the plant would be connected to the national grid last evening.
He said that it would be connected to the grid before the peak demand supply –after 7.30 p.m last night.
He told The Island yesterday that since the commissioning of the plant from last year, they were still in the process of rectifying defects.
"This very first coal powered plant the country is not an ordinary one. There are high probabilities for mistakes. However, since taking over we have learned a lot about it," he said.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) promised to resume electricity generation within hours after the latest fire broke out at the Norachcholai Power plant in the early hours of last Friday. However, it has taken so far five days to resume operations.
The plant generates six million units per day and when it is out of order in its absence the power shortfall has to be met with costly thermal power.
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