KUCHING: Sarawak Energy has activated its preparedness framework for the coming 15th General Election in support of a safe and smooth election.
This includes mobilising its resources with additional technical personnel on standby especially during polling, increasing patrolling of supply lines and conducting preventive maintenance of its facilities.
A dedicated team and hotline have also been set up to provide better coordination for a quicker response and restoration on supply reliability issues over the election period.
“Sarawak Energy has had meetings with the Election Commission and relevant departments for feedback on the electricity supply needs at the various nomination, voting, tallying and other critical centres for contingency actions where required,” it said in a statement today (Nov 8).
Sarawak Energy also reminded all election workers and involved parties not to hang or display campaign materials on any of its assets, such as transmission towers, electrical poles, overhead supply lines and substations.
“Sarawak Energy will remove some of the banners and buntings without prior notice if the situation is found to be unsafe,” it added.
Chief executive officer (CEO) for SESCO, the utility arm of Sarawak Energy, Lau Kim Swee said that there have been cases of this happening during past elections where campaign materials were hung on electrical poles and overhead lines which is both dangerous and causes outages.
“These facilities are energised with high voltages and no one should be near any of our electrical installations to avoid getting electrocuted or hurt by electrical flashovers.
“Safety should be everyone’s top priority and Sarawak Energy prohibits usage of its assets to display election campaign materials or political party colours,” he said.
He also added that Sarawak Energy has also issued notices to all political parties to remind their respective campaign teams to keep safe.
Reports and enquiries can be channelled to Sarawak Energy’s 24-hour Customer Careline at 1300-88-3111 or through the SEB Cares Mobile App.
