COLOMBO, May 6 -- Sri Lanka's Ministry of Power and Energy has begun implementing a series of technical and operational reforms, including new software systems and battery storage facilities, to prevent a recurrence of the island wide power outage that disrupted the country on February 9, Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka told Parliament.

Karunathilaka said two separate inquiry committees - one appointed by the ministry and the other by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) - had investigated the causes of the nationwide collapse and jointly proposed 12 recommendations aimed at strengthening grid security and improving system resilience.

"We have instructed the Ceylon Electricity Board to implement the recommendations of the ministry com...