Abdul Razak bin Abdul Majid, Chairman of Energy Commission talks about the structure of the electricity sector.
He says, "We have evolved from what we had previously as a supply authority in Tenaga Nasional; they have the monopoly over the transmission and distribution network and they still hold about 50% of the generation share in the system today. The other 50% comes from independent power producers who are given licences to operate a facility for a period of about 21 to 25 years. Today all of the capacities are intended to be on a comparative basis and it is the government´s policy to try to procure the cheapest source as much as possible to serve the public. We feel that this is quite good; we have seen this as a mechanism to discover the price of supply of electricity. For the time being I think this will hold for a while. Whether the government will allow for retail competition is another step in the evolution of the industry. We are working on some building works; we will perhaps not get there immediately but at least we will prepare for an eventual evolution into a more de-regulated market."
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