Sarawak Energy Berhad is the
state owned electric utility
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company of the State of
Sarawak
Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...
. It is one of Malaysia's three electrical companies, the other two being
Tenaga Nasional
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (, abbreviated as TNB; TENA, ), also known as Tenaga Nasional or simply Tenaga, is the Malaysian multinational corporation, multinational electricity company and is the only electric utility company in Peninsular Malaysi ...
serving
Peninsular Malaysia
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, and
Sabah Electricity which serves the state of
Sabah
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and territory of
Labuan.
History
In 1921, an Electrical Section within the Public Works Department was set up to look after the public electricity supply.
In 1932, "Sarawak Electricity Supply Company" was formed by the Brooke Administration to operate public electricity supply within Sarawak.
The Sarawak Electricity Company was dissolved in 1962, under the Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation Ordinance 1962, and later created into a Corporation, known as Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (SESCO)
(Malay: Perbadanan Pembekalan Letrik Sarawak, and later Perbadanan Pembekalan Elektrik Sarawak or PPLS). In 1996, Sarawak Enterprise Corporation Berhad bought over 45% stake of the Corporation from the Sarawak Government.
In 2005, SESCO was privatised and known as Syarikat SESCO Berhad, and bought over by Sarawak Energy Berhad.
Sarawak began to export electricity from Sarawak to
West Kalimantan,
Indonesia
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in January 2016 through a 275kV interconnection operated by Sarawak Energy.
This project is the first successful power trading project for Malaysia.
Generation capacity
Sarawak Energy generates electricity mainly from two major types of plant;
hydroelectric
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plants (HEP) and
thermal plants.
With a total installed capacity of 5,203 MW, the major towns in Sarawak are connected via a 275/132kV State Transmission Grid.
Hydroelectric power plants
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Bakun HEP - 2,400MW
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Batang Ai HEP - 108 MW
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Murum HEP - 944MW
*Baleh HEP - 1,285MW
(Commissioning in 2026)
Thermal power plants
Among the thermal plants in operation are:
* Miri power station,
Miri - 99 MW, Open Cycle Gas Turbine
* Bintulu power station,
Bintulu - 330 MW, Combined Cycle Power Plant
* Tg Kidurong Power Station,
Bintulu - 192 MW, Open Cycle Gas Turbine
* Sejingkat Power Station,
Kuching
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- 210 MW,
coal-fired power station (phase II)
* Mukah Power Station,
Mukah - 2 x 135 MW, Coal-Fired Power Station
* Balingian Coal Fired Power Station,
Balingian - 624 MW
Awards and accolades
See also
*
National Grid, Malaysia
*
Sabah Electricity
*
Tenaga Nasional
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (, abbreviated as TNB; TENA, ), also known as Tenaga Nasional or simply Tenaga, is the Malaysian multinational corporation, multinational electricity company and is the only electric utility company in Peninsular Malaysi ...
*
List of power stations in Malaysia
References
External links
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Homepage of Bintulu Development AuthorityChimneys of MalaysiaCompany Overview of Sarawak Energy Berhad bloomberg.com
bursamalaysia.com
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1932 establishments in Sarawak
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