Sarawak Energy

Sarawak Energy Berhad
Public
Industry Electrical power
Predecessor Sarawak Electricity Supply Co.Ltd. (1932-1962)
Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (SESCO) (1962-2005)
Syarikat SESCO Berhad (2005-2012)
Founded 1932 Kuching, Sarawak (as Sarawak Electricity Supply Company Limited)
Headquarters Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Area served
Sarawak
Key people
Datuk Abdul Hamed Sepawi (Chairman)
Datuk Torstein Dale Sjøtveit (CEO)
Products Electricity generation, transmission and distribution
Revenue MYR 1,553.7 million[1] (2010)
MYR 386.9 million[1](2010)
MYR 336.2 million[1](2010)
Total assets MYR 8,783.858 million[1](2010)
Total equity MYR 3,504.288 million[1](2010)
Number of employees
2,959[1](2010)
Website www.sarawakenergy.com.my

Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) is responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity for the Sarawak state in Malaysia. It is wholly owned by the State Government of Sarawak.[2]

Sarawak Energy provides electricity to about 382 000 customers. Over the last four years, sales of electrical grew at an average of 8 per cent per annum. Sarawak Energy has over 4000 employees.

Sarawak Energy Supply Corporation (SESCO) is wholly owned subsidiaries of Sarawak Energy Berhad. The Corporation's total asset currently stands at around RM4.0 billion.

History

Sarawak Energy history could be traced back to 1932, with the formation of Sarawak Electricity Supply Company Limited, by then Brooke Administration,to operate public electricity supply within Sarawak.Prior to that, in 1921 a Electrical Section within the Public Works Department was set up to look after the public electricity supply.

In 1962, under the Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation Ordinance 1962, the Sarawak Electricity Co. Ltd. was dissolved,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,[3] until it was re-named in 2012 "Sarawak Energy Berhad".

Corporate information

Subsidiaries

CompanyTypeIncorporated inGroup's Equity Shareholding
SESCo-EFACEC Sdn. BhdJoint VentureMalaysia51%
SESCO Engineering Sdn. Bhd.Joint VentureMalaysia70%
PPLS Power Generation Sdn. Bhd.SubsidiaryMalaysia100%
PPLS Management Services Sdn Bhd.SubsidiaryMalaysia100%

Generation capacity

It has 36 power stations, a total installed capacity of 1315MW, comprising 5 per cent diesel engine, 25.6 per cent gas turbines, 36.5 per cent coal-fired power plant, 25 per cent Combined Cycle power station and 7.6 per cent hydro turbines throughout the State. The major towns are connected to via a 275/132kV State Transmission Grid.

SESCO generates electricity mainly from two major types of plant; hydroelectric plants and thermal plants.[4]

Hydroelectric power plants

Thermal power plants
There are 35 thermal power plants and diesel-electric plants with installed generating capacity of 1215 MW in operation. Selected major plants are:

A notable aspect of SESCO operation is the many small diesel-electric power plants in isolated areas, some supplied by air at prohibitive cost.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sarawak Energy Berhad Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Sarawak Energy. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. "About us". Sarawak Energy. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. http://sescosarawak.blogspot.com/2009/03/about-us-brief-history_31.html
  4. 1 2 3 "Sarawak not ready to 'export' hydropower to peninsula". Malaysia Kini. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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