Lanka Electricity Company


Lanka Electricity Company (Private) Limited (LECO)
Native name
ලංකා විදුලි (පුද්ගලික) සමාගම
இலங்கை மின்சார (தனியார்) கம்பனி
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectricity generation,
Electricity transmission,
Electricity distribution,
Electricity retailing
Key people
Athula Priyadharshana De Silva (chairman)[1]
RevenueIncrease Rs. 30.573 billion (2017)[2]
Decrease Rs. 737 million (2017)[2]
Increase Rs. 125 million (2017)[2]
Total assetsIncrease Rs. 41.1 billion (2017)[2]
Total equityIncrease Rs. 29.5 billion (2017)[2]
Number of employees
1,573 (2017)[2]
ParentCeylon Electricity Board[2]
Websitewww.leco.lk

The Lanka Electricity Company (Private) Limited (Sinhala: ලංකා විදුලි (පුද්ගලික) සමාගම Lanka viduli pudgalika samagama) (also abbreviated as LECO), is one of two on-grid electricity companies in Sri Lanka; the other being the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). Established as a private limited liability company registered under the Companies Act No. 17 of 1982,[3] its shareholders are the Ceylon Electricity Board, the Urban Development Authority (UDA), the Treasury and four local government authorities.[4] It is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.[5] As of 2019, LECO sold 1,629.39 kilowatt-hours (5,865.8 MJ) of power to 588,879 consumers, and made revenues of රු.32,576,500,000.[6]

  1. ^ "New Chairman for LECO". DailyFT. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Lanka Electricity Company 2017". Lanka Electricity Company.
  3. ^ Companies Act No. 17 of 1982. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 20 May 1982. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "LECO". Ministry of Power. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ Kuruwita, Rathindra. "Now, electricity consumers entitled to interest on LECO deposits". The Island. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ^ "SUMMARY STATISTICS 2019". LECO. Retrieved 31 December 2021.