The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is to take measures to disconnect power supply of consumers who have failed to pay their outstanding bills since February 2020.
The CEB said it will not disconnect power supply to consumers who had faced difficulties in paying their bills during the coronavirus outbreak in Sri Lanka.
As a result, the payment of electricity bills for the months of April, May and June were delayed and the CEB will not charge extra payments, it added.
The CEB said as the country has gradually returned to normalcy, consumers can now pay their outstanding bills for the month of June as was done prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
In comparison to February and the months before, the domestic usage of electricity had significantly increased due to the implementation of the island-wide Police curfew in March.
The CEB said that issues that had arisen with regard to electricity charges in the estimated bills issued for the months of March and April, will be rectified in the electricity bill issued for the month of May.
The bill issued for May contains the correct charges, and despite it showing a large sum, charges have only been made for the usage of electricity during the said period, the CEB clarified.
The Ceylon Electricity Board further said that separate accounts have been allocated for consumers, who can use these accounts to retrieve any excess payments made or can move forward the additional payment to the following month’s bill. (Newswire)