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Sri Lanka enjoyed the benefit of hydroelectricity generation that accounted for more than 60% of the total CEB electricity generation in November, but the seasonal opportunity come to end as current hydroelectricity generation has fallen to 30% to 35% as of the second week of Jan 2022.
Dependency on the thermal electricity (Oil) that was less than 10% in November has increased to 30% by Jan. Due to the prevailing FX crisis, the country is finding it difficult to pay for importing diesel to operate the thermal power plants.