The Ministry of Power and Energy (; ) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.
As of April 2026, the offices of Minister of Power and Energy and Secretary to the Ministry are vacant. (Eng.) Kumara Jayakody and Prof. K. T. M. Udayanga Hemapala resigned on 17 April following controversy regarding coal procurement tenders, and the ministry has been placed under interim presidential oversight pending new appointments.
Ministers
+ Ministers of Power & EnergyNamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1947 Minister of Transport and Power United National Party Minister of Posts, Works and Power Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways United National Party United National Party Minister of Power and Energy United National Party United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Minister of Irrigation, Power and Energy Minister of Power and Energy Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power United National Party Minister of Power and Energy Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Jathika Hela Urumaya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Jathika Hela Urumaya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Power and Renewable Energy United National Party Minister of Power, Energy Business Development Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power and Energy Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Minister of Power & Energy22 July 202223 September 2024Ranil WickremesingheMinister of Power & EnergyAnura Kumara DissanayakeNational People's Power24 September 2024 17 November 2024Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinistry of Power and EnergyKumara JayakodyNational People's Power18 November 202417 April 2026Ministry of Energy
Secretaries
+ Power SecretariesNameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy (Dr.) Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy (Ms.) Wasantha Perera 28 November 2019Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy14 August 2020Secretary to the Ministry of PowerK D S Ruwanchandra26 April 2022Secretary to the Ministry of PowerM P D U K Mapa Pathirana22 July 2022Secretary to the Ministry of Power and EnergyK T M Udayanga Hemapala25 September 202517 April 2026Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy
See also Electricity sector in Sri Lanka India–Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection List of power stations in Sri Lanka
References
External links powermin.gov.lk