Cost of generating electricity increases by 45%


Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan says the cost of coal ballooned in the latter half of 2021 but this cost was not passed on to the consumer. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 15, 2022.

THE increase in coal prices has caused the cost of generating electricity to increase by 45%, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan said in Parliament today.

However, he said the government had decided to give a rebate of 2 sen/kWh for domestic consumers from February to June 2022.


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