Electricity started in Sabah as early as 1910 supplied by 3 separate organizations. In 1957 these three organizations combined to form North Borneo Electricity Board. When North Borneo joined Malaysia in 1963 and changed its name to Sabah, this entity was renamed Sabah Electricity Board. On 1st of September 1998 Sabah Electricity Board was privatized and became Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd.
Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. is an 80% owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and 20% by the State Government of Sabah. It is a vertically integrated utility providing reliable generation, transmission and distribution services in the state of Sabah and the Federal Territory Labuan.
SESB is committed to developing the electricity infrastructure in the state of Sabah and the Federal Territory Labuan including the implementation of the Rural Electrification Program.
SESB generates, transmits and distributes electricity. It is the only power utility company in Sabah supplying electricity distributed over a wide area of 74,000 sq.km. As of December 2012, a total of 486.485 of which 83% of the customers are domestic customers contributing only 27% of the sale.
The SESB installed capacity (excluding IPP) of the Sabah Grid which supplies electricity for major towns from Federal Territory Labuan to Tawau is 448.7 MW and the maximum demand is 830 MW (as of December 2012).
The Sabah Grid is made up of 66kV, 132kV and 275kV which links up all major towns in Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan. As of March 2011 the total length of transmission line in Sabah is 3,263 km.
The forecast demand growth of electricity is in a region of 7.7% per annum up to the year 2010. In order to support the growing demand, various generation, transmission and distribution projects will be implemented.
Contact Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd
SABAH ELECTRICITY SDN. BHD.
Wisma SESB
Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
88673 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah, Malaysia.
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Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd invites qualified Malaysians to fill the positions as below:
1. Jurutera
Further information and how to apply, please follow :
Jawatan Kosong SESB Closing date 18 July 2014
