HYDRO POWER

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The Norton Bridge Hydro and Second Grandpass Thermal Power Project will provide the Government of Ceylon a loan to finance the foreign exchange cost of an expansion of the power system operated by the Department of Government Electrical Undertaking (DGEU). The project consists of the construction of a 50 MW hydro plant at Norton Bridge, a second 25 MW thermal unit at Grandpass, and additional transmission and distribution facilities. The proposed hydro plant will produce cheaper power, which is needed at this time to prevent an immediate shortage of capacity. The total system capacity after completion of these plants will be sufficient to meet the demand until the latter part of 1966, although some shortage might occur before the thermal plant could be put into operation. It is essential that further consideration to be started in 1963 in order that the required new capacity be available by 1966. The present organization of the DGEU is not satisfactory and the rules and regulations are not suitable for commercial operations. Legislation providing for the establishment of an autonomous Electricity Board has been prepared by the government. Many of the organizational defects of the DGEU will be cured by the establishment of the Board.

World Bank Group

Project

Bridge, Hydro, Geothermal, Power Generation (CCGT), Government, Commercial