TNB, SESB Slammed Over "Poor" Power Supply In Sabah - Bernama

KOTA KINABALU, May 5 (Bernama) -- A state assemblyman Monday slammed Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and its subsidiary Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) for allegedly failing to improve electricity supply in Sabah.

Datuk Liew Teck Chan (BN-Likas) alleged that TNB had worsened the power supply situation instead.

Speaking during the debate on the address of Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah opening the 13th State Assembly, he said a 2005 report of the Energy Commission of Malaysia stated that the frequency of power failure in Sabah was much higher than in the other states of the country.

The System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) of TNB in Peninsular Malaysia had dropped from 167.6 minutes in 2003 to 129 minutes in 2004 but for Sabah it rose from 2,279 minutes in 2003 to 2,594 minutes in 2004, he said.

Liew alleged that every time TNB faced a problem, the state government was put under pressure.

"Now, they want to build a coal-powered electricity generating plant in Lahad Datu and again they are putting pressure on the state government to give in to their demands," he said.

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