Sabah Electricity

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) is an electric-power generation and transmission and distribution company. It is the only power utility company in Sabah, Malaysia.

There are 361,400 customers distributed over an area of 74,000 sq.km. Most (83%) of the customers are residential/domestic; however these residential customers only consume 28% of the system's power.

The company employs 2,100 persons.

Generation capacity

The total generation capacity is 785 MW, 59% (2,004.8 GWh) of the total units generated are purchased from independent power producers. There are 54 generating stations (including 5 IPP).

Energy generated in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 is 1,386.4 GWh (SESB) & 2,004.8 GWh (IPP).

The installed capacity of the West Coast Grid, which supplies electricity to Kota Kinabalu, Federal Territory Labuan, Keningau, Beaufort, Papar, Kota Belud, Kota Marudu and Kudat, is 488.4 MW and the maximum demand is 376.5 MW.

The East Coast Grid 132kV Transmission Line connecting the major towns in the East Coast has an installed capacity of 333.02 MW and the current demand is 196.2 MW.The forecast demand growth of electricity is about 7.7% per annum up to the year 2010.

A fully integrated grid connecting the existing West Coast Grid to the East Coast Grid will be completed by December 2006, by which time about 90% of the customers will be connected to this integrated grid.

SESB generates electricity mainly from two major types of plant: hydroelectric plants and thermal plants.

Hydroelectric power plants

There is 1 hydroelectric scheme with installed generating capacity of 66 MW with 1 dam in operation and several mini hydro schemes:

Tenom Pangi hydroelectric scheme, with 66 MW installed capacity:
*Tenom Pangi Dam- 3 x 22 MW = 66 MW.

Thermal power plants

There are 9 major thermal power plants with installed generating capacity of 719 MW in operation. They are:

*Labuan power station, Labuan
*Kota Kinabalu power station, Kota Kinabalu
*Melawa power station, Melawa
*Kota Belud power station, Kota Belud
*Kudat power station, Kudat
*Kota Marudu power station, Marudu
*Sandakan power station, Sandakan
*Lahad Datu power station, Lahad Datu
*Semporna power station, Semporna

There are 5 plants operated by independent power producers who sell power to SESB, with installed capacity totalling 317 MW:
*ARL - 50 MW
*Powertron - 136 MW
*Serudong Power - 37 MW
*SPC Energy Services - 34 MW
*Stratavest - 60 MW

ee also

*National Grid, Malaysia
*Tenaga Nasional
*Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation

External links

* [http://www.sesb.com.my Official site]