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Power cuts | Electrical operator blamed

23 Aug 2020

By Maheesha Mudugamuwa Last Monday’s (17) massive blackout, caused by a technical fault at the Kerawalapitiya Grid Substation and which later crippled the entire Norochcholai Coal Power Plant by forcing the country to go for intermittent power cuts, was said to have been caused by a human error, according to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). CEB Chairman Eng. Vijitha Herath told The Sunday Morning that the blackout was experienced due to a mistake by an electrical operator during maintenance work at the Kerawalapitiya Grid Substation. Accordingly, the CEB has identified that the issue had started during certain maintenance work at the 220 KW grid substation where the maintenance work had been mostly completed. While carrying out the final phase of the said maintenance work, a mistake had been committed by the electrical superintendent in charge. The Chairman said, as a result of the error, Kerawalapitiya went off and it then affected Norochcholai. “When Norochcholai shut down, it took a few days to restart,” Herath added. He also noted that the system has now been fully restored and that there will be no more power cuts from Friday (21) onwards as the Norochcholai plant is up and running. As learnt by The Sunday Morning, Monday’s restoration efforts after the blackout had failed more than five times and that was the reason for the stoppage of machines in Norochcholai. A sudden power outage occurred islandwide on Monday, plunging the entire country into darkness and disrupting people’s daily functions, businesses, as well as government operations. Due to the hours-long power outage, heavy traffic congestion was also experienced on several roads in the capital city of Colombo due to the non-functioning road signals. A committee was appointed by Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma to investigate the root cause for the countrywide outage.  

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