<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KOTA KINABALU: It is unfair to continuously blame utility company Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) for all the power disruptions in the state, says a consumer group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sabah West Coast Smart Consumers Association president David Chan feels that it is not fair for politicians to condemn everything instead of working with the government to seek solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey should come up with good suggestions to address issues, not condemn each other because it doesn\u2019t work at the end of the day,\u201d he said in a statement Wednesday (Jan 24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His statement comes after state opposition leader Parti Warisan set up a watchdog to keep tabs on SESB amid daily concerns over insufficient power supply in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The outfit, called the Sabah Electricity Watchdog (SEW), will be headed by Sri Tanjung assemblyman Justin Wong, who has been appointed to comment on such problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SEW’s objective is to ensure that electricity consumers and investors receive value for money in terms of power supply and services rendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wong said the service provided by SESB to the people of Sabah is below the required standard and not on par with similar major utilities in Peninsular Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On this, Chan said SESB staff and management have been putting a lot of effort into rectifying power supply problems in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“As we are all aware, SESB recently saw two IPPs being shut down for maintenance and repair works,\u201d he said, adding that SESB has been monitoring the works and power supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the grid system was restored earlier than scheduled, although the work conducted was complicated and strenuous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe should praise the technical teams for their good work. Excessive criticism is a discouragement and disappointment to the workers,\u201d said Chan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe know SESB handles high voltage matters day and night, during blackouts, even in heavy rain and thunderstorms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said such workers risked their lives just to ensure that Sabahans got the best services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He sympathises with the workers and their families, and he hopes that efforts to stabilise and provide more power supply to the people can be implemented soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These include the repair works on the Tenom hydroelectric power plant, the provision of more solar power plants, and other renewable energy sources, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KOTA KINABALU: It is unfair to continuously blame utility company Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) for all the power disruptions in the state, says a consumer group. Sabah West Coast Smart Consumers Association president David Chan feels that it is not fair for politicians to condemn everything instead of working with the government to seek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25796,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25794\/revisions\/25796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}