{"id":3619,"date":"2025-09-23T11:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/report-challenges-faced-by-renewable-energy-developers-in-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:15:23","slug":"report-challenges-faced-by-renewable-energy-developers-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/report-challenges-faced-by-renewable-energy-developers-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on the Public Consultation on Challenges Faced by Renewable Energy Developers in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">PUCSL Publishes&nbsp;<b data-ogsc=\"\">Report on the Public Consultation on Challenges Faced by Renewable Energy Developers in Sri Lanka<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has released the&nbsp;<b data-ogsc=\"\">Report on the Public Consultation on Challenges Faced by Renewable Energy Developers in Sri Lanka<\/b>.&nbsp;The consultation gathered views from developers, industry associations, government agencies, financiers, and consumer representatives to identify barriers and practical solutions for renewable energy development.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">The report highlights challenges such as delays in approvals, tariff and PPA issues, grid integration constraints, consumer protection gaps in rooftop solar, financing difficulties, and environmental and land-use concerns.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Key outcomes include&nbsp;<b data-ogsc=\"\">25 proposed actions<\/b>, categorized into:<\/div>\n<ul data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"1205\">\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Actions by PUCSL<\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 tariff methodologies, bankable PPAs, curtailment policy, and regulatory oversight of rooftop solar.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Actions with other authorities<\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 coordinated approvals, consumer and environmental safeguards, and grid modernization.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Policy directives<\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 fiscal incentives, a Renewable Energy Fund, policy stability, and investment facilitation.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">A Full report can be downloaded&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pucsl-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/rameshc_pucsl_gov_lk\/EddDPXrB1aRInluY-0xUxkABXDeOj8F7dLC9NGdT9F1lPA?e=impKJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">here<\/b>..<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUCSL Publishes&nbsp;Report on the Public Consultation on Challenges Faced by Renewable Energy Developers in Sri Lanka &nbsp; The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has released the&nbsp;Report on the Public Consultation on Challenges Faced by Renewable Energy Developers in Sri Lanka.&nbsp;The consultation gathered views from developers, industry associations, government agencies, financiers, and consumer representatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pucsl.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}