The decision was taken amid the shutdown of Petroliam Nasional’s gas production platform, that effected the gas supply to Tenaga Nasional.
This is the first cross border commercial sale of power between the two countries, and represents 1.5% of the total demand.
PowerSeraya chief executive officer John Ng noted that the power being supplied to Tenaga is received from an oil-fired steam plant at a 3,800MW facility.
The electricity is being transmitted through two 230kV submarine cables linking Malaysia’s national power grid with Singapore’s transmission network at Senoko.
