{"id":4107,"date":"2018-04-09T06:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/cebeuw\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2018-04-09T06:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:59:19","slug":"ceb-union-backs-lng-for-power-but-warns-of-pitfalls-in-unsolicited-contracts-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/?p=4107","title":{"rendered":"CEB union backs LNG for power, but warns of pitfalls in unsolicited contracts -CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers\u2019 Union (CEBEU) has urged the Government to draw up a strategic plan to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) in meeting the country\u2019s energy demand instead of adopting ad hoc measures from time to time.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In a letter to the President, the Prime Minister, Ministers and MPs, the union says that it is \u201chigh time\u201d to choose LNG as a source of energy in the electricity general mix of the country. They point out that the CEB\u2019s Least Cost Long-Term Generation Expansion Plan 2018-2037 calls for LNG power plants with a total capacity of 1,500 megawatts to be added to the system.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0http:\/\/www.sundaytimes.lk\/180401\/news\/ceb-union-backs-lng-for-power-but-warns-of-pitfalls-in-unsolicited-contracts-288391.html<br \/>\n<script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers\u2019 Union (CEBEU) has urged the Government to draw up a strategic plan to use liquefied natural &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cebeu.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}