how electricity made possible in Sri Lanka

The Ceylon Electricity Board

The  Ceylon Electricity Board which has been in operation in all the other areas except some local bodies like Kandy, Galle, Batticaloa etc manipulating its crawl until ADB funded project to take over all local bodies. This was a good move by the CEB but ultimately they did not achieve the targets.

The only achievement was the fear of formation of further LECOs like KICO for Kandy.

The electricity distribution in Sri Lanka turned into new dimensions with the formation of LECO which was managed by former CEB GM and others. They introduced lot of new techniques like

1.  ABC Cables(Aerial Bundled Cables)
2.  PS Poles 11m,13m (Pre Stressed Poles) up to 1200kG
3.  Single pole substations
4.  New 11kV distribution system with AAC conductors replacing old ACSR 7/1.02
5.  New Service connection type
6.  New billing system(instant) and collection of bills within 14 days of issue.
7.  Introduction of Photo cells to street lamps
8.  High Control over the fixing of street lamps
9.  and many more

The reaction of the CEB was very high for the new methodolodies adapted by LECO and slowly CEB adapted very same thing without any modifications.

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Electricity in Sri lanka

The electrical system in sri lanka is in the hands of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)and the Lanka Electricity Co.(Pvt) Ltd(LECO), a government owned company formulated in late eighties. The DGEU which controlled the electrical industry vested in the CEB in 1969 by an act of Parliment. The LECO formed to look after electrical industry of the Local Bodies who could not maintain,develop and operate it properly due to politics.

The industry in the coastal belt of western province and southern province from Negombo to Galle was initially vested in the LECO with all the Local Bodies contained therein.

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