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Policy Framework and Roadmap. 1. In recent years, Sri Lanka has improved its energy sector and achieved a national electrification ratio of 94% (2012) compared with 29% in 1990.7 However, a longer-term challenge is to reduce its high dependence on expensive fossil fuel energy. The energy sector struggles to (a) meet growing demand for electricity at a low cost and acceptable reliability rates, and (b) attain long term sustainability. The share of thermal oil-fired energy in the power generation mix has increased from 6% in 1995 to 59% in 2012 that creates a high energy cost base. Demand growth has been mostly met by expensive oil-fired thermal plants. This is not a viable and sustainable solution to the country’s energy security and environment protection in the long term. Diversification of the generation mix primarily to renewable energy sources, improved network efficiency, and supply and demand side management is the best way to correct this situation. Another challenge is to improve system reliability and cut technical losses. The transmission network needs expansion and modernization, particularly in the former conflict-affected areas in Northern and Eastern provinces.8 The 33 kilovolt (kV) medium voltage (MV) network needs to expand power supply into rural areas where many households have poor reliability and inadequate quality of electricity supply. To ensure sustainable functioning of the power sector, the government is also pursuing financial, managerial, and institutional reforms in line with the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, 2009. 2. Sri Lanka has a national investment program that is based on 10-Year Development Framework prepared in 20069 and updated in 2010.10 The framework includes a long-term energy sector investment program and sector roadmap, and appropriate policy and reform measures that are linked to a National Energy Policy and Strategies.11 The objective is to (i) increase power supply capacity to about 6,400 MW by 2020 and reduce the generation cost by adding aggregate base load capacity of about 2,000 MW from three coal-fired plants; (ii) increase the share in grid energy supply from nonconventional12 renewable energy sources to 20% by 2020; and (iii) reduce the total losses in the network to 10.0% by 2020. The government’s intention to develop 2000 MW of coal-fired capacity aims to pursue cost recovery in expectation that with the introduction of low-cost coal-fired generation it will be possible to reduce the current high cost of thermal power generation and ac...
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