Sarawak Energy is the

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company of the

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n state of

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

. It is one of Malaysia's three electrical companies, the other two being Tenaga Nasional, supplying the

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, and Sabah Electricity, which serves the state of

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and

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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

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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;

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plants (HEP) and

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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 * Bakun HEP - 2,400MW * Batang Ai HEP - 108 MW * Murum HEP - 944MW *Baleh HEP - 1,285MW (Commissioning in 2026) Thermal power plants
Among the thermal plants in operation are: * Miri power station,

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- 99 MW, Open Cycle Gas Turbine * Bintulu power station,

Bintulu Bintulu is a coastal town on the island of Borneo in the central region of Sarawak, Malaysia. Bintulu is located 610 kilometres (380 mi) northeast of Kuching, 216 kilometres (134 mi) northeast of Sibu, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) ...

- 330 MW, Combined Cycle Power Plant * Tg Kidurong Power Station,

- 192 MW, Open Cycle Gas Turbine * Sejingkat Power Station,

Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of the state of Sar ...

- 210 MW, coal-fired power station (phase II) * Mukah Power Station,

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- 2 x 135 MW, Coal-Fired Power Station * Balingian Coal Fired Power Station, Balingian - 624 MW

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