Ministry of Power and Energy

Ministry of Power and Renewabale Energy
Agency overview
විදුලි හා පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යංශය பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு

Preceding	() as Ministry of Power and Renewabale Energy
Jurisdiction	Sri Lanka
Headquarters	72, Ananda Coomarswamy Mw, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Ministers responsible	Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Ministry of Power and Renewabale Energy Ajith P.Perera, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Power and Renewabale Energy
Agency executive	Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary
Child agencies	Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Lanka Electricity Company Limited (LECO) Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority(SEA) Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (AEB) Sri lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council (AERC) LTL Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd (LTL) Lanka Coal Company (Pvt) Ltd
Website	Official website

List of Power and Renewabale Energy Ministers

The Minister of Power and Renewabale Energy is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Minister Power and Renewabale Energy of Sri Lanka
Incumbent Ranjith Siyambalapitiya since 4 September 2015
Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development
Appointer	Maithripala Sirisena
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Power and Energy is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies relating to the generation, transmission, distribution and retailing of electrical energy in Sri Lanka. The ministry was also directly involved in numerous large-scale energy projects such as the Norocholai Coal Power Project and the 1999 Hambantota Wind Project.

Senior officials

Minister of Power and Energy - Pavithradewi Wanniarachchi

Ministers of Power and Renewable Energy

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Jathika Hela Urumaya

	Party	Tenure
Gamini Dissanayake	United National Party	000000001977-07-30-000030 July 1977 - 000000001990-03-29-000029 March 1990	J. R. Jayewardene
K. D. M. C. Bandara	United National Party	000000001990-03-30-000030 March 1990 - 000000001994-08-10-000010 August 1994	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Anuruddha Ratwatte	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000001994-08-10-000010 August 1994 - 000000001994-11-19-000019 November 1994	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Anuruddha Ratwatte	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000001994-11-19-000019 November 1994 - 000000002001-12-13-000013 December 2001	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Karu Jayasuriya	United National Party	000000002001-12-12-000012 December 2001 - 000000002004-04-09-00009 April 2004	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Susil Premajayanth	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002004-04-10-000010 April 2004 - 000000002005-11-19-000019 November 2005	Chandrika Kumaratunga
John Seneviratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002005-04-23-000023 April 2005 - 000000002010-04-15-000015 April 2010	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Champika Ranawaka	Jathika Hela Urumaya	000000002010-04-16-000016 April 2010 - 000000002013-01-28-000028 January 2013	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002013-01-28-000028 January 2013 - 000000002015-01-09-00009 January 2015	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Champika Ranawaka	Jathika Hela Urumaya	000000002015-01-12-000012 January 2015 - 000000002015-06-27-000027 June 2015	Maithripala Sirisena
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	000000002015-11-04-00004 November 2015 - Present	Maithripala Sirisena

Departments under this ministry

| child1_agency = Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) | child2_agency = Lanka Electricity Company Limited (LECO) | child3_agency = Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority(SEA) | child4_agency = Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (AEB) | child5_agency = Sri lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council (AERC) | child6_agency = LTL Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd (LTL) | child7_agency = Lanka Coal Company (Pvt) Ltd

Ceylon Electricity Board Lanka Electricity Company Limited Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (AEB) Sri lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council (AERC) LTL Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd Lanka Coal Company (Pvt) Ltd

External links

Electricity in Sri Lanka

Sustainable
power stations

Hydro power

Laxapana Complex	Broadlands Canyon Castlereigh Laxapana Maskeliya Norton

Mahaweli Complex	Bowatenna Deduru Oya Kotmale Moragahakanda Nilambe Polgolla Randenigala Rantembe Upper Kotmale Victoria

Samanala Complex	Gal Oya Kukule Ganga Samanala Udawalawe

Solar power

Hambantota

Wind power

Fossil-fuel
power stations

Operational / UC	Asia Power Sapugaskanda Colombo Port Kelanitissa Lakdhanavi Lakvijaya Northern Sampur Sapugaskanda Uthuru Janani Yugadanavi

Decommissioned	Ace Horana Ace Matara Aggreko Chunnakam Embilipitiya Heladhanavi Koolair

Organizations

Ceylon Electricity Board
Ministry of Power and Energy
Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka
Sustainable Energy Authority

Ministries of Sri Lanka

Culture and education	Buddha Sasana Culture & the Arts Education Education Services Higher Education National Heritage National Languages and Social Integration Plantation Industries Youth Affairs and Skills Development Muslim Religious Affairs

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Health, employment, and wellbeing	Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Productivity Promotion Social Services Sports Tourism Women and Child Affairs

Law, finance, and politics	Finance Foreign Affairs Industry and Commerce Investment Promotion Justice Law and Order and Southern Development Local Government and Provincial Councils Mass Media and Information Parliamentary Affairs Public Management Reforms Public Relations and Public Affairs Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms

Development and forces	Civil Aviation Construction, Engineering Services, Housing, and Common Amenities Defence Disaster Management Highways, Ports & Shipping Home Affairs Megapolis and Western Development Petroleum Resources Development Policy Planning and Economics Affairs Postal Services Power and Energy Private Transport Services Resettlement Technology and Research Telecommunication and Information Technology Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Urban Development

Government of Sri Lanka Cabinet

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