Sarawak Energy
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| 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 |
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Area served
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Sarawak |
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Key people
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Datuk Abdul Hamed Sepawi (Chairman) Datuk Torstein Dale Sjøtveit (CEO) |
| Products | Electricity generation, transmission and distribution |
| Revenue | MYR 1,553.7 million(2010) |
| MYR 386.9 million(2010) | |
| MYR 336.2 million(2010) | |
| Total assets | MYR 8,783.858 million(2010) |
| Total equity | MYR 3,504.288 million(2010) |
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Number of employees
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4,200 |
| Website | www |
Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) is responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity for the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is wholly owned by the State Government of Sarawak.
As of May 2016[update], Sarawak Energy has about 600,000 customers in the state.
Sarawak Energy's history began in 1932, with the formation of Sarawak Electricity Supply Company Limited, by the 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, until it was renamed in 2012 to "Sarawak Energy Berhad".
In January 2016, Malaysia began to export electricity from Sarawak to West Kalimantan, Indonesia through a 275kV interconnection operated by Sarawak Energy. This project is the first successful power trading project for Malaysia.
Subsidiaries
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.
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.
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