Boy suffers serious burns while retrieving ball inside substation

BALIK PULAU: A 12-year-old boy suffered serious burns after being electrocuted inside a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) substation at Taman Seri Bayu, Bayan Lepas, here yesterday. Mohd Dawisy Zarif Mohd Khairi was playing football with his friends nearby and had gone into the station to retrieve the ball when he fell and was electrocuted at […]

Transition to green agenda must be gradual to avoid job losses

KUALA LUMPUR: The transition to the green agenda needs to be done gradually as rapid changes can potentially bring negative spillover effects such as job losses, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has warned. He said as many companies strive to achieve their green agenda, the transition somewhat poses a threat to businesses […]

TNB, Petronas, IHI conduct successful ammonia co-combustion test

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) wholly-owned subsidiaries TNB Research Sdn Bhd (TNBR) and TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd, together with IHI Power System Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Petronas Hydrogen Sdn Bhd, have conducted an ammonia co-combustion test as part of a joint initiative to decarbonise the country’s power sector. TNB said the experiment, conducted at TNBR’s test rig […]

TNB to build mini gallery to house Orang Asli artefacts found at site

KOTA BHARU: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is building a mini gallery to house Orang Asli artefacts that are found at the site of the Nenggiri hydroelectric project which began last March. Its general manager for Kelantan and Terengganu Mustaphakamal Yaacob said the setting up of the mini gallery, which will be in Gua Musang, was one of […]

Husband, wife found electrocuted

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: A husband and wife were found dead, believed to be due to electrocution, in their flat unit bathroom in Taman Puncak Tringkap, Brinchang here this morning. Pahang Police chief Datuk Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said they received a call at about 9.45 am and, upon arriving at the location, found the victims lying on the […]

Electricity usage can be controlled by using smart meter, myTNB

KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers can control their electricity usage and avoid wastage with the use of smart meters together with the myTNB application. Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project director Ir. Mohamed Ghous Ahmad said a study conducted in Melaka last year found that all the 24 per cent of TNB consumers with […]

No electricity cuts for domestic users with less than six months arrears

PUTRAJAYA: There will be no electricity supply cut for domestic users in the peninsula and Sabah who have less than six months arrears from Jan 1 to March 31 next year, said Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Datuk Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. This category of consumers will be given the facility to schedule payment […]

2021 electricity tariff to be announced this week

PUTRAJAYA: The 2021 electricity tariff for industrial and domestic consumers will be announced this week, according to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. “We will announce it this week. Just wait,” he told reporters briefly when asked after attending the ministry’s assembly here today. In June, Shamsul Anuar said the government […]

Moggie bids farewell and shares fond memories at TNB

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) chairman Tan Sri Leo Moggie said he had truly enjoyed his 16 years with the Malaysian largest utility company, thanks to the support and cooperation from its workforce, management and board of directors in ensuring that it carries out its responsibilities with utmost professionalism. “I had a very happy time with TNB. It has been an […]