Power outage due to gas supply interruption – SESB

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KOTA KINABALU: The major blackout experienced by consumers in most parts of Sabah on the night of Feb 18 that started at 8.30pm was due to a shutdown valve problem at the Petronas Sabah Gas Terminal.

SESB corporate service division general manager Wan Maria Othman Lee said the unfortunate incident had caused an interruption of gas supply to their Independent Power Plants namely, Teluk Salut, SBPC and Rugading leading to the loss of generating capacity of 200MW.

“To manage this situation and safeguard the system, SESB had to activate an emergency Under Frequency Loadshedding,” she said in a statement.

The blackout affected consumers in Kota Kinabalu City, Tanjung Lipat, Sepanggar, Karamunsing, Inanam, Penampang, Alam Mesra, UMS, Tuaran, Kota Belud, Kudat, Lahad Datu, Sandakan, Tawau,Tenom, Keningau and Beaufort.

Wan Maria said the problem at Petronas Sabah Gas was fixed at 10.08pm on Friday with supply restored in stages from 9.40pm onwards and fully restored by around 10.25pm.

“We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers arising from this incident,” she added.