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The Uthuru Janani Power Station (also sometimes called the New Chunnakam Power Station, as it is the replacement of the former Chunnakam Power Station) is a thermal power station commissioned on 1 January 2013, in Chunnakam, Sri Lanka. The power station consists of three diesel-run generating units with a capacity of each, producing annually. Built and operated by the Ceylon Electricity Board for, the power station costs to generate one unit (1 KWh) of electricity.[1] [2]
The plant is built approximately 300m (1,000feet) north-west of the privately owned Northern Power Station, and was ceremonially opened by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The facility also consists of in-house refinery, fuel storage, and waste disposal system.[3]