Two Norochcholai units to rejoin national grid today

Daily Mirror and Newswire report that the Lakvijaya coal power plant at Norochcholai was expected to resume operations after its disconnection from the national grid during a nationwide power failure on October 17. Daily Mirror says two of the three units were expected to be reconnected by the morning of October 22.

Rupavahini News reports that the National System Operator said the plant could begin rejoining the national system from the day of its report, following an inspection visit by Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka on the previous day. Newsfirst reports that Unit 03 was connected in the early hours of October 23, while Unit 01 was planned to join later that day.

Ada Derana’s Tamil report says all three generators, which had shut down during the sudden outage, were operating again. Ada Derana’s headlines and Sri Lanka Mirror also report that all three units were reconnected; Sri Lanka Mirror says the restoration returned the plant’s full 900-megawatt capacity to the grid.

Daily Mirror reports that the Energy Ministry explained a restart can take several days because boilers, turbines and other critical equipment need inspection and must be brought back gradually. Sri Lanka Mirror reports that officials said the restored capacity would help maintain electricity supply and manage hydropower generation in the period ahead. Ada Derana reports that the National System Operator said there would be no power cuts from that day.

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