Ceylon Electricity Board

Ceylon Electricity Board

Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Electricity generation, Electricity transmission, Electricity distribution, Electricity retailing
Headquarters	Colombo, Sri Lanka 06°55′49″N 79°50′50″E / 6.93028°N 79.84722°E / 6.93028; 79.84722Coordinates: 06°55′49″N 79°50′50″E / 6.93028°N 79.84722°E / 6.93028; 79.84722
Products	Electricity
Revenue	110.9 Billion LKR (2008)
Website	www.ceb.lk

The Ceylon Electricity Board (also abbreviated as CEB), is the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka. With a market share of nearly 100%, it controls all major functions of electricity generation, transmission, distribution and retailing in Sri Lanka. It is one of the only two on-grid electricity companies in the country; the other being Lanka Electricity Company. The company earned approximately LKR110.9 billion in 2008, with a total of nearly 4.1 million consumer accounts.

Opened in 1969, the company now has a total installed capacity of 2,684 MW, of which approximately 1,290 MW is from thermal energy, and 1,207 MW is from hydroelectricity. Due to low wind resource, rough terrain and poor road conditions in Sri Lanka, CEB owns only one 3 MW wind farm in Hambantota, known as the Hambantota Wind Farm. The farm consists of five turbines, measuring 600 KW each. CEB also manages numerous hydroelectric dams such as the Victoria Dam, and power plants such as the Norocholai Coal Power Station.

See also

• Energy in Sri Lanka
• India Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection
• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

External links

• Official website