Brief History
Electricity started in Sabah as early as 1910 supplied by 3 separate organisations. In 1957 these three organisations combined to form North Borneo Electricity Board. When North Borneo joined Malaysia in 1963 and changed its name to Sabah, this entity was renamed Sabah Electricity Board. On 1st of September 1998 Sabah Electricity Board was privatised and became Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd.
About the Company
SESB generates, transmits and distributes electricity. It is the only power utility company in Sabah supplying electricity to 413,983 customers distributed over a wide area of 74,000 sq.km. 82.8% of the customers are domestic customers contributing only 28.8% of the sale. The total generation capacity is 866.4 MW, 50.3% of the total units generated are purchased from the independent power producers.
The SESB installed capacity (excluding IPP) of the Sabah Grid which supplies electricity for major towns from Federal Territory Labuan to Tawau is 430.9 MW and the maximum demand is 760 MW (as of Jun 2010).
The East Coast Grid 132kV Transmission Line connecting the major towns in the East Coast has an installed capacity of 333.02MW and the maximum demand is 203.3MW.
The forecast demand growth of electricity is in a region of 7.7% per annum up to the year 2010. In order to support the growing demand, various generation, transmission and distribution projects will be implemented.
A fully integrated grid connecting the West Coast Grid to the East Coast Grid was completed on 28 July 2007, and about 90% of the customers are now connected to this integrated grid.
Energy Forecast
Electricity demand is expected to reach 1,500 MW by the year 2020.
Rationale of Logo
The Logo depicts a stylised three-pin plug in a red circular background. The slanting plug denotes continuous electricity supply through innovation, technology driven work force and good work habits, whilst the red circular background indicates improvement in providing services to the customers... the foundation of SESB's corporate philosophy in Powering Sabah and Federal Territory Labuan into the New Millennnium.
Generation
- Number of Station - 46 SESB & 12 IPP (excluding KKLW stations)
- Power generated for FY2011 (August 2011) - 1,089 GWh (SESB) & 3,819 GWh (IPP)
Generation Mix (Units Generated) For FY2011
Station Profile
| Station |
Address |
Name Of Station Manager |
Configuration Of Engine |
Dep. Capacity (MW) |
SJ Patau - Patau |
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd. Peti Surat 80756, 87017 W.P Labuan |
Puan Emelinah Ampon |
2 x 32 MW, 1 x 33 MW, 1 x 15 MW |
99.00 |
SJ Hydro Tenom Pangi |
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, Peti Surat 4, 89907 Tenom Pangi |
En Abd. Malik Ismail |
3 x 22 MW |
66.00 |
SJ Melawa |
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, Jalan Teluk Sepanggar, 88450 Kota Kinabalu |
En.Amir Palengei |
3 x 8 MW, 1 x 20 MW |
31.40 |
SJ Tawau |
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, Peti Surat 126, 91007 Tawau. |
En.Mark Bingkasan |
4 x 8 MW, 1 x 12 MW, 1 x 20 MW |
40.00 |
SJ Sandakan
(REMACO) |
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, Beg Berkunci 67, 90009 Sandakan. |
Hj.Nordin Muhammad |
2 x 8.5 MW, 2 x 14 MW, 2 x 19 MW, GT (Diesel) 2 x 19 MW |
110.00 |
Transmission
The interconnected system comprises West Coast Power grid and East Coast Power Grid. The transmission circuit length (in circuit-kilometres) as at December 2007 are shown below.
TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS
| Length of Overhead Line |
Circuit-km |
| 275 kV |
492 |
| 123 kV |
860.86 |
| 132 kV (EC) |
659.14 |
| 66 kV (WC) |
100.34 |
| Length of Under Ground cable |
Circuit-km |
| 132 kV |
37.90 |
| 66 kV |
22.16 |
| Length of Submarine cable |
Circuit-km |
| 132 kV |
29 |
| Number of Main Intake Substation |
| 275 kV |
2 |
| 123 kV |
15 |
| 132 kV |
9 |
| 66 kV |
7 |
Distribution
Distribution System Capacity as at Aug 2009:-
| Voltan |
Talian |
Bilangan Pencawang |
| O/H (km) |
U/G (km) |
11kV |
6566.4 |
855.3 |
5588 |
22kV |
259 |
1 |
119 |
33kV |
594.5 |
178.4 |
50 |
Total |
7419.9 |
1034.7 |
5756 |
Electricity consumption (GWh) as at July 2010:-
| Sector |
GWh |
% |
| Domestic |
1,167.11 |
31% |
| Commercial |
1,440.55 |
39% |
| Industrial |
1,072.75 |
29% |
| Public Lighting |
46.59 |
1% |
| Total Consumption |
3,727.00 |
100.00% |
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No. of customers as at July 2010 : 432,390
- Domestic - 82.7%
- Commercial - 15.7%
- Industrial - 0.7%
- Public Lighting - 1.0%
Information System
SESB internal service provided to the commercial, engineering and services departments, in planning, acquisition, use and maintenance of Information System resources.
IS Main Infrastucture:-
- Platform - Sun Solaris with Windows Interface
- DBMS - Oracle
- ERP System - SAP R/3 including IS-U/CCS
- Modules Implemented - IS-U/CCS, General Ledger, Account Payable, Account Receivable, Asset Management, Cash Management, Budget Control, Project System, Human Resource, Plant Maintenance, Material Management, Fleet Management
- Other System Implemented - MOBIMAS, CRM, IPS, PUKAL, CMC-TCS-LGBnet, DOA-EDBMS, DISCON, Time Management
- Computer Operation - 24 hours x 7 days
- Network Infrastructure - 35 sites throughout Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan connected to the main computer centre in Kota Kinabalu
Human Resource
No. of Employees as at 31 July 2009
(i) By Post Category
| Service Classification |
Total |
| Management |
15 |
| Executive |
362 |
| Non-Executive |
2014 |
| Total |
2391 |
(ii) By Service Category
| Service Classification |
Total |
MD's Office |
40 |
| Generation |
516 |
| Transmission |
268 |
| Distribution |
1235 |
| Major Project |
38 |
| System Planning |
16 |
| Finance |
40 |
Procurement |
65 |
Human Resource |
29 |
Corporate Services |
110 |
| Information System |
34 |
| Total |
2391 |
