The Norochcholai coal power plant has become inactive threatening more power cuts.
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) spokesman Sulakshana Jayawardena said that the power plant became inactive following the islandwide blackout yesterday (Monday).
The Norochcholai coal power plant supplies a large amount of electricity to the National grid.
Between 2500- 2600 megawatts of electricity is supplied to the entire country on a daily basis, with the Norochcholai power plant supplying 810 megawatts.
CEB officials said the power plant was off-line due to the power failure yesterday and it will take few more days to reactivate it.
The officials further said that there could be power cuts in some areas in order to balance the power demand. (With inputs from Colombo Gazette).