Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Reducing power cuts in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: A push towards further reducing power interruptions in Sabah is underway with some 142 projects to minimise the frequent problem in the state and Labuan.
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd managing director Abdul Razak Sallim said that the government had allocated RM276.04 million for various projects to minimise power disruption in the state.

“The projects are already underway are 26 involving generation, 14 transmission, 94 for distribution and eight major projects”, he said during a media briefing recently.

He said these projects were specifically to tackle the System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) for this year.

He said previous projects had helped the utility company bring down theaverage interruption time to 494.64 minutes in 2011.

“We are targeting to bring it down further”, he said, adding that the improvement was clear when compared to the 4,030 minutes per customer recorded under SAIDI in 2006.

“What we have achieved in 2011 is very good compared to 2006”, he said, adding with various measures being undertaken they could further reduce it by tackling problems at the electricity generation, transmission and distribution points.
Earlier, he launched the new look Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd website www.sesb.com.my.

“The website will have latest SESB news for their customers and their services.This website will be more interactive and consumer friendly. people can provide suggestions, ask questions and make complaints in our new upgraded website, he added.

He said queries and complaints would be responded to immediately and they hoped it would help build a closer relationship between the company and its customers.

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