With the Sri Lankan economy growing steadily along with revived economic activities in post war era, the demand for energy has increased significantly. Presently, Sri Lanka is proud to be the only South Asian nation to have an electrification percentage above 90% and it boasts of a national grid which penetrates to most habitable parts of the country. The total installed capacity of all types of energy in the country as at 2011 was 3,141 MW with a ratio of 54:46 between thermal and Hydro/ Non-conventional renewable energy sources. The total gross generation of 11,528 GWh was distributed on 57:43 ratio between the Ceylon Electricity Board and Private Power producers