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Wed, 06/15/2011 - 05:03
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NO PLAN TO BUY POWER FROM SINGAPORE FIRM BEYOND JUNE 15, SAYS TNB
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), Malaysia's main energy provider, does not foresee a need to buy power from Singapore-based PowerSeraya Ltd beyond June 15, which it did due to a shortage of gas supply to its plants.
TNB's chief executive officer, Che Khalib Mohammad Noh, said it purchased power from Singapore due to planned maintenance work by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) on its production facility, which curtained gas supply to TNB's power plants.
"There were two major maintenance work carried out by Petronas and the next one will be at the end of this month.
"We managed to pull through during the last two and are confident of managing the next gas curtailment," he said.
The purchase of power from Singapore, he said, represented only about one per cent and it was basically to ensure supply security.
Che Khalib was speaking to reporters after a signing ceremony between its unit TNB Remaco and Pakistan's utility company here Tuesday.
"(So), the purchase of power from Singapore ends on June 15. At the moment we do not see the need to extend that. (But) we will only know the real situation when the next curtailment is carried out by Petronas," he said.
He said such exercise was normal for any utility company.
"TNB also buys power from Thailand and vice-versa. TNB's current electricity reserve margin is about 40 per cent," he said.
TNB's chief executive officer, Che Khalib Mohammad Noh, said it purchased power from Singapore due to planned maintenance work by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) on its production facility, which curtained gas supply to TNB's power plants.
"There were two major maintenance work carried out by Petronas and the next one will be at the end of this month.
"We managed to pull through during the last two and are confident of managing the next gas curtailment," he said.
The purchase of power from Singapore, he said, represented only about one per cent and it was basically to ensure supply security.
Che Khalib was speaking to reporters after a signing ceremony between its unit TNB Remaco and Pakistan's utility company here Tuesday.
"(So), the purchase of power from Singapore ends on June 15. At the moment we do not see the need to extend that. (But) we will only know the real situation when the next curtailment is carried out by Petronas," he said.
He said such exercise was normal for any utility company.
"TNB also buys power from Thailand and vice-versa. TNB's current electricity reserve margin is about 40 per cent," he said.
