PUCSL certified just 2 EV charging operators since 2009 — worried?

A new audit found that Sri Lanka's utilities regulator has had the legal power to oversee EV charging operators since 2009, but only started certifying them in March 2025 — and by August, just two operators had actually passed. Inspectors checking stations in Colombo found some chargers simply not working, others with no safety signage or certification label visible at all. One side says this is normal growing pains for a young industry, chargers are still multiplying fast, and the market will sort out the bad operators on its own through reviews and word of mouth. The other side says we're plugging in blind: no public registry of stations, no set pricing rules, no inspection schedule, and in a survey of 190 EV owners, 40% called charging inconvenient while only 27% even knew what government incentives existed. If you drive an EV, how often do you run into a dead or dodgy charger, and would you trust a station with no certification label on it? ඔයාගේ EV එක චාජ් කරන්න ගියාම, පාරේ තියෙන චාජර් එකක අත්දැකීම කොහොමද?