KUANTAN: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has given an assurance that there would only be a minor disruption of power supply to consumers during its ongoing maintenance work.
Its president Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh said maintenance work was necessary and it was more cost effective compared to the breakdown which could happen without prior notice.
Che Khalib said consumers in the affected areas would be notified at least a week before their supply was to be cut off, adding that it would be re-connected after a few hours.
“In industrial areas, the notification will be a few months earlier so they can make adjustments for their operations,” Che Khalib said after a luncheon talk here yesterday.
He said there were thousands of TNB substations which had to be serviced in stages, adding there were 35,000 in Pahang.
Che Khalib said TNB had allocated some RM700mil to RM800mil a year on maintenance.
On another matter, Che Khalib said TNB had been conducting studies on the use of solar energy as an alternative.
“A solar energy system is more relevant as an alternative power in Malaysia compared to a wind energy system because our country lies along the Equator.
“However, the installation and maintenance of the system would be costly, reaching up to billions of ringgit,” he said.
He said if the Government decided to use nuclear power, TNB would cooperate and give its assistance.
Source: The Star, Tuesday June 30, 2009
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