Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. (SESB) is a Sabah electrical company that generates, transmits and distributes electricity mainly in the state of

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory o ...

and the Federal Territory of

Labuan Labuan (), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan ( ms, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan), is a Federal Territory of Malaysia. Its territory includes and six smaller islands, off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. Labuan's capita ...

. It supplies electrical power to 413,983 customers distributed over a wide area of 74,000 km². 82.8% of the customers are domestic customers consuming only 28.8% of the power generated. This company employs more than 2,300 employees and the main stakeholders of this company are Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) (80%) and

Government of Sabah The Sabah State Government is an authority governing Sabah, one of Borneo states of Malaysia, based in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital. The state government adheres to and is created by both the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law ...

(20%).

History

Electricity started in

as early as 1910 supplied by 3 separate organisations. In 1957 these three organisations combined to form North Borneo Electricity Board. Upon the formation of

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

in 1963, it was renamed Sabah Electricity Board. On 1 September 1998, Sabah Electricity Board was privatised and became Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd.

Generation capacity

The total generation capacity of SESB is 866.4 MW, 50.3% of the total units generated are purchased from the independent power producers (IPP). The SESB installed capacity (excluding IPP) of the Sabah Grid which supplies electricity for major towns from Federal Territory Labuan to Tawau is 430.9 MW and the maximum demand is 760 MW (as of Jun 2010). The East Coast Grid 132kV Transmission Line connecting the major towns in the East Coast has an installed capacity of 333.02MW and the maximum demand is 203.3MW. The forecast demand growth of electricity is in a region of 7.7% per annum up to the year 2010 and the electricity demand is expected to reach 1,500 MW by the year 2020. To support the growing demand, various generation, transmission and distribution projects will be implemented. A fully integrated grid connecting the West Coast Grid to the East Coast Grid was completed on 28 July 2007, and about 90% of the customers are now connected to this integrated grid.

Power generation plants

The summary of the list of power plants as follows: * Number of Station: 37 (including 12 IPP excluding BELB stations) * Power generated for FY 2010 up to July 2010: 1,279.6 GWh (SESB) & 3,075.8 GWh (IPP)

SESB-owned power stations

Major power stations

Installed capacity by plant type

* DG Diesel (Major) - 21% * DG Diesel (Minor) - 26% * DG Diesel (Rural) - 1% * GT Diesel - 17% * GT Gas - 18% * Hydro - 12% * Mini Hydro - 2% * Steam Turbine - 3%

IPP-owned stations

* ARL Tenaga - 7% * Biomass (TSH) - 2% * Kadamaian, M. Hydro - <1% * Kinabio - 2% * Powertron - 28% * Powertron II - 20% * SBPC - 15% * Seguntur - 2% * Serudong Power - 5% * SPC Energy - 5% * Stratavest - 9% * Sutra Harbour - 5%

Overall power generation capacity

* IPP - 70% * SESB - Diesel - 11% * SESB - Gas - 9% * SESB - Hydro - 10%

Transmission lines

The interconnected system comprises West Coast Power grid and East Coast Power Grid. The transmission circuit length (in circuit-kilometres) as in December 2007:

Overhead lines

Underground cable

Submarine cable

Main intake substation

Power distribution

Distribution system capacity as in August 2009:

Electrical consumption

* Number of customers as in July 2010: 432,390 customers

References

External links

Official site
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