Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
How electricity works in Sri Lanka
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Hydro, coal and oil supply power; a 2024 law is restructuring CEB.
State-owned CEB owns most of the system and is being restructured under the 2024 Electricity Act; the new National System Operator dispatches the grid.
No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.
Regional grid
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Single buyer” mean?
Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.
The National System Operator commenced operations in March 2026 following the restructuring of the Ceylon Electricity Board.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Sri Lanka is in Southern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Colombo
Languages
Sinhala, Tamil
Region
Southern Asia
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 48 records for Sri Lanka. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
48 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 48 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.
