The Story of Sri Lanka Electricity Company

Explores lessons from Sri Lanka's experience of reforming electricity distribution through the Lanka Electricity Company, a distribution utility created in 1983. The publication discusses the problems the company set out to resolve, its achievements, constraints, and emerging challenges and future directions.

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This publication explores lessons from Sri Lanka's experience of reforming electricity distribution through the Lanka Electricity Company, a distribution utility created in 1983.

It discusses the problems the company set out to resolve, its achievements, constraints, and emerging challenges and future directions. The work involved overhauling distribution systems, improving service standards, and establishing independent management.