KUALA LUMPUR: On the heels of the current controversy stemming from Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) allegedly unusual high electricity bill charges, its chief executive officer and president Amir Hamzah Azizan is expected to hold a press conference tomorrow.
Members of the media have been notified that it will take place at the utility company’s headquarters in Jalan Bangsar, here at about 3pm.
The media invitation was extended to all members of the press.
On Tuesday, Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin said that the recent spate of unusually high electricity bill charges affecting a number of consumers could likely be due to technical error.
However, the minister declined to go into details on the matter until the Energy Commission completed its probe into the issue.
The commission had reported there were 10 times more complaints regarding high bills this month and that 300 complaints involved unusually high electricity bill charges.
The Energy Commission was given 14 days from Tuesday to conduct its probe into the complaints.
Yesterday, more than 500 customers gathered at Wisma Tenaga Nasional Bhd in Jalan Banda Kaba, Melaka to demand an explanation on their unusually high electricity bill charges.
TNB had also issued a statement yesterday denying a false claim on social media. The claim was that the government had instructed the utility company to increase electricity tariff by 30 per cent.
TNB said the claims made in a posting titled “Catatan staff TNB” (notes from a TNB staff), which was purportedly written by one Ahmad Fadhil Hanapi from Brickfields, was “false and baseless” as it did not have an employee by that name.
The writer alleged that the increase took place without the knowledge of consumers, and was made to cover bonus payments for civil servants and retirees.
TNB, in the same statement, also pledged to address the customers’ concerns about the sudden hike in electricity bills.