Power outages in Malaysia
Several major power outages have occurred in the country of Malaysia.
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[edit] 1992 blackout
On 29 September 1992, Malaysia suffered a long and total power blackout caused by lightning striking a transmission facility and causing a rolling failure in the transmission and distribution system.[1]
[edit] 1996 blackout
A widespread power outage in Peninsular Malaysia began at 17:17 on 3 August 1996. The states of Peninsular Malaysia – including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Johor, Melaka, and Negeri Sembilan – lost power for several hours.
A transmission line near Sultan Ismail Power Station in Paka, Terengganu tripped at 5:17pm causing all power stations in Peninsular Malaysia to collapse resulting in a massive power failure. Supply was back to normal by 11pm.[2]
The weekend power outage was the third in the past four years, and the worst since In the wake of that capacity-related stumble, the government moved to allow five independent power producers to enter the electricity-generation business. After this blackout, utility giant Tenaga Nasional's stock fell considerably.[3]
[edit] 2003 blackout
The southern Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis affected the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor due to a power failure. The 5 states (including Kuala Lumpur) had been affected for 5 hours from 10.00 am local time (02:00 UTC) to 3.00 pm (07:00 UTC) on September 4, costing industries $13.8 million [1]
[edit] 2005 blackout
The northern Peninsular Malaysia blackout crisis was a power outage in Malaysia in 2005 where many states of Malaysia's northern peninsular, including Perak, Penang, Kedah, and Perlis had no electricity owing to a fault of the main cable transmission line grid near Serendah, Selangor.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Privatizing Electric Power in Malaysia and Thailand, DOI: 10.1002/pad.267
- ^ "Major blackouts in Malaysia". Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/1/14/nation/20050114092749&sec=nation. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ Appell, Douglas (1996-08-06). "HEARD IN ASIA Weekend Blackout Spells Trouble for Tenaga Power". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB839272721828233500.html?mod=googlewsj. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ "Power outage may affect Tenaga's bid for tariff rise". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. January 15, 2005. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-127185543/power-outage-may-affect.html.
