Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Act 2025 · As enacted
21. Amendment of section 52 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 52 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “Minister” of that section, of the following new definition: -
““National Energy Policy and Strategies of Sri Lanka” means, the National
Energy Policy and Strategies of
Sri Lanka published in Gazette
Extraordinary No. 2135/61 dated
August 9, 2019 and its subsequent revisions and updates published in the Gazette;”; and
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “regional transmission network” of that section, of the following new definition: -
““security constrained economic dispatch”
means, the process that determines the most cost-effective optimal allocation of available generation units to meet the electricity demand while ensuring that all system operating limits in terms of network stability, reliability and security of the electrical power system such as generator capabilities, minimum and maximum output levels, ramp rates, reserve requirements, transmission line limits, voltage limits, and stability limits are respected;”.
Act, No. 14 of 2025