{"id":28979,"date":"2026-08-04T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28979"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:25:49","slug":"no-electricity-tariff-revision-for-q3-2026-public-utilities-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28979","title":{"rendered":"No Electricity Tariff Revision for Q3 2026 &#8211; Public Utilities Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has decided that no revision of electricity tariffs is required for the third quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commission reached this decision after reviewing the electricity supply costs submitted by the National System Operator (NSO) for the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the PUCSL, after all adjustments were considered, the estimated cost increase for supplying electricity in Q3 2026 is limited to 0.3% (approximately Rs. 417 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an official statement, the PUCSL confirmed that a tariff adjustment is not warranted for the third quarter and that the tariff structure from the second quarter will remain in effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the previous Q2 2026 tariff review, the government provided a relief package worth Rs. 15 billion to cushion consumers against potential fee hikes, ensuring that around 95% of electricity consumers were unaffected by rate increases.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-28979' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28979&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28979' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28979' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28979' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-28979'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28979' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28979 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has decided that no revision of electricity tariffs is required for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28980,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979\/revisions\/28980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}