Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2017-08-29

The Government Policy on the usage of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) for Electricity Generation and the Construction of required infrastructure for the purpose

- The Cabinet appointed a Cabinet Sub‑Committee on 18.07.2017 under the Chairmanship of Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama, the Minister of Special Assignments, to determine the government policy relevant to the infrastructure facilities required for the usage of LNG for Electricity Generation and the Construction of required infrastructure focusing attention on ensuring the energy security of Sri Lanka, diversification of fuel options used for electricity sector and the minimizing of electricity generation cost.

The Cabinet granted approval to implement the recommendations made by the said Sub‑Committee to accept as a matter of policy for the usage of natural gas as a fuel for generating electricity in Sri Lanka by the year 2019 and to operate the Natural Gas Electricity Plants with the capacity of about 1000MW, and to improve expeditiously the infrastructure facilities for unloading and re‑transforming of LNG.