JOHOR BARU: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has allocated RM200 million for the second phase of its project to provide electricity in Iskandar Malaysia.
TNB Johor division general manager Mohd Yusof Ibrahim (pic) said the second phase will start this year and end in 2016.
Yusof said that works to be carried out include the replacement of cables and adjustment of electrical voltage to cater to the increasingly rapid development in areas like Nusajaya and Danga Bay.
“TNB plans to provide electricity in Iskandar Malaysia until 2025 in three phases.
“This is to ensure that people in the southern development corridor will have sufficient energy supply in tandem with the booming and vigorous development.”
Speaking at a press conference after the launch of Johor Customer Day here recently, he said for the first phase from 2010 to 2013, TNB had spent RM300 million to construct 900 new substations and 15 phasor measurement units (PMU).
For the third phase, which is expected to begin in 2017, Yusof said the value has yet to be determined.
In another development, he said TNB plans to replace electricity meters which have been used for more than 15 to 20 years state-wide.
“So far, there are about 1.2 million TNB users in Johor, including 82 per cent of domestic consumers,” he said.
On cable theft, Yusof said only one case was reported in the first six months of the year, with losses coming to about RM100,000 compared with seven cases over the past year, with losses estimated at RM500,000. By Zuraidah Mohammed