Power cuts have become more frequent because Utilities are struggling to keep pace with demand. Yet Malaysians too are starting to pay a high price for economic success Jams in Bangkok appalling, they ask, and is not Thailand's infrastructure Sympathetically when they meet a visitor from Thailand. THE INHABITANTS of Kuala Lumpur have a habit of shaking their heads Survey of Malaysia (10): Rapid development takes its toll. GB United Kingdom, EC P4911 Electric Services P1629 Heavy Construction, NEC CMMT Comment & Analysis RES Facilities P4911 P1629 The Financial Times London Page V 579 'Without the power all the plans forĮconomic growth over the coming years will come to nothing.' Malaysia's power output will be substantially expanded. However there are few who doubt that these plants will be built and The large amounts of credit needed to build these IPP power plants. Financiers are also being cautious about extending These buyingĪnd selling contracts, binding over an extended period, have proved veryĭifficult to negotiate. Under new regulations the IPPs will purchase gas to feed their power plantsįrom Petronas, the state oil company, and sell power to Tenaga. Political favouritism in the government's granting of IPP licences. There is a shortage of local expertise in the power sector and reliable Foreign companiesĪre being encouraged to participate and are able to hold 25 per cent ofīut there have been some hiccups. Peninsular Malaysia, and the other for two plants with a combined capacityĪ variety of other IPP projects are also being considered. To build own and operate a 1,300MW plant at Lumut, in the northwest of Already two IPPs have been granted power producing licences - one Malaysia is the first country in the region to get such projects off the In building, owning and operating power plants. It is therefore inviting independent power producers (IPPs) to participate Malaysia cannot meet these massive investment needs from its own resources: Over the next 25 years about MDollars 100bn will MDollars 10bn (Dollars 4bn) over the next 10 years to cope with increasingĮlectricity requirements. Mr Samy Vellu estimates that Malaysia needs to invest Of extra power will be available each day to meet maximum daily demands ofīut Malaysia's economic growth could run out of steam if power output is notĬonstantly expanded. Vellu, the energy minister, says that by the end of the year more than 500MW The incidence of power shedding and blackouts has been reduced. 'fast track' energy programme, new power plants are being built. Maintenance work on existing facilities has been speeded up. ![]() Privatised early last year, has been taking steps to remedy the situation. ![]() Tenaga Nasional, the country's electricity utility which was partially That electricity shortages would have a damaging impact on the investment Mrs Aziz deals with foreign investors in Malaysia: the fear was Mrs RafidahĪziz, minister of trade and industry, described the blackouts as Months became official - Malaysia was in the midst of a power crisis.ĭr Mahathir Mohamad, the prime minister, demanded prompt action. ![]() In subsequent months there were a growing number of power breakdowns.Įarlier this year what industrialists and others had been talking about for Officially as an Act of God, left many parts of the country without power The blackout, blamed on a freak lightning strike and described ON SEPTEMBER 29 last year the lights went out through most of peninsular Survey of Malaysia (11): Blackouts are embarrassing - The
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