National Electricity Grid Control Center set up to control power generation island wide
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday declared open the new National Electricity Grid Control Center of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in Sri Jayewardenepura, which is set to control all the data of the power generation and electricity sub stations throughout the island.
Fulfilling the need of a main controlling system to control and monitor electricity grids of Sri Lanka with a firm management of electricity and with a motive to provide efficient service to consumers, this center was built with a Rs. 3 Billion loan provided by Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Overall electricity grid of the entire country will function as a one network. The new controlling system can monitor all 25 power generation stations and electricity Grid stations live simultaneously. The previo...