විදුලි බිඳවැටීම ගැන අභ්‍යන්තර විමර්ශනයක්: නොරොච්චෝලේ නැවත පද්ධතියට එක්කරන තෙක් විදුලි සැපයුම කළමනාකරණයට පියවර

Lankadeepa reports that an islandwide power outage occurred on the 17th after output from Unit 1 at the Norochcholai power plant dropped rapidly from 187 megawatts to below five megawatts. It attributes that account to National System Operator chief executive Buddhika Samarasekara. Ada Derana also links a Norochcholai generator failure to the blackout.

Daily Mirror and Ada Derana report that the National System Operator has decided to keep the coal-fired plant disconnected from the national grid for several days following the outage. Hiru News reports that all three Norochcholai units remained out of operation and that electricity generation could be affected over the coming days.

Hiru News reports that an internal inquiry into the power failure was under way and that steps were being taken to manage electricity supply until Norochcholai could rejoin the grid. The Sunday Times headline describes the event as the fifth total blackout in six years and says an Upper Kotmale plant failure was suspected; its report excerpt does not provide further details.

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