{"id":17635,"date":"2025-12-16T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energymin.gov.lk\/?p=17635"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:51:14","slug":"news-16-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energymin.gov.lk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/news-16-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft National Electricity Policy Handed Over to the Minister of Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Draft National Electricity Policy Handed Over to the Minister of Energy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draft of the National Electricity policy, formulated in accordance with the Sri Lanka Electricity act No. 14 of 2025, has been presented to the Minister of Energy, Eng. Kumara Jayakody, by the Committee appointed for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the NPP Government\u2019s policy, a comprehensive National Energy Policy is being formulated to meet both the current as well as future requirements of the country\u2019s energy sector, of which the National Electricity Policy plays a key part. The draft Policy, developed by the Cabinet-appointed Committee on formulating the National Electricity Policy, was presented to the Minister of Energy and the Composition of the Committee that contributed to this process is as follows;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. Mohan Munasinghe<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Arulampalam Atputharajah<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Wijeyndra Bandara<\/li>\n<li>Dr. M.M. Gunathilake<\/li>\n<li>Eng. 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