Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy

The Ministry of Power, Energy & Business Development (Sinhala: විදුලිබල, බලශක්ති සහ ව්‍යාපාර සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශය Vidulibala, Balashakthi saha Viyapara Sanwardana Amathyanshaya; Tamil: மின்வலு, சக்தி மற்றும் தொழில் மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.[1]

Ministry of Power, Energy & Business Development

විදුලිබල, බලශක්ති සහ ව්‍යාපාර සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශය மின்வலு, சக்தி மற்றும் தொழில் மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	72 Ananda Coomarswamy Mawatha,, Colombo 7 6°54′4.90″N 79°51′17.60″E
Annual budget	Rs 0.5 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs 0.8 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible	Udaya Gammanpila, Minister of Power, Energy & Business Development
Deputy Minister responsible	A.D. Champika Premadasa, State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
Ministry executive	Dr. B. M. S. Batagoda, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies	Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Lanka Coal Company (Pvt.) Ltd. Lanka Electricity Company (LECO) LTL Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd. Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority
Website	powermin.gov.lk

The current Minister and State Minister of Power, Energy and Business Development are Ravi Karunanayake and Champika Premadasa respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Dr. B. M. S. Batagoda.[4]

Ministers

Ministers of Power

Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	Head of government		Ministerial title	Refs
	Maithripala Senanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1947	8 December 1959		W. Dahanayake	Minister of Transport and Power	[5]
	Montague Jayawickrama		United National Party	23 March 1960	1960		Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Posts, Works and Power	[5]
	C. P. de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960			Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power	[6]
			Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	March 1965			Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power	[7][8]
	Maithripala Senanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	31 May 1970			Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways	[9][10]
	Gamini Dissanayake		United National Party	23 July 1977			J. R. Jayewardene		[11][12][13]
	D. B. Wijetunga		United National Party					Minister of Power and Energy	[14]
	Festus Perera		United National Party	18 February 1989	28 March 1990		Ranasinghe Premadasa		[15]
	K. D. M. C. Bandara		United National Party	30 March 1990					[16][17]
	Anuruddha Ratwatte		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 August 1994			D. B. Wijetunga	Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy	[18][19]
				19 October 2000			Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Power and Energy	[20][21]
				14 September 2001				Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power	[22][23]
	Karu Jayasuriya		United National Party	12 December 2001				Minister of Power and Energy	[24][25]
	Susil Premajayanth		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	10 April 2004					[26][27][28]
	John Seneviratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 November 2005			Mahinda Rajapaksa		[29][30][31]|[32][33][34]
	Champika Ranawaka		Jathika Hela Urumaya	23 April 2010					[35][36][37][38]
	Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 January 2013					[39]
	Champika Ranawaka		Jathika Hela Urumaya	12 January 2015	17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena		[40][41][42][43]
	Ranjith Siyambalapitiya		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4 September 2015				Minister of Power and Renewable Energy	[44][45][46]
	Ravi Karunanayake		United National Party	20 December 2018				Minister of Power, Energy Business Development	[47][45][46]

Secretaries

Power Secretaries

Name	Took office	Left office	Title	Refs
M. M. C. Ferdinando	25 April 2010		Power and Energy Secretary	[48][49]
B. M. S. Batagoda	19 January 2015		Power and Energy Secretary	[50]
	8 September 2015		Power and Renewable Energy Secretary	[51][52][53]

See also

• Electricity sector in Sri Lanka
• India–Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection
• List of power stations in Sri Lanka

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External links

• powermin.gov.lk