Power outage compensation not a norm, says Taib
Posted on November 29, 2012, Thursday
KUCHING: Compensating consumers for the inconvenience and losses incurred due to power outage is not practised anywhere, Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said.
“Tell me which country does that,” he said to reporters after the adjournment of the state legislative assembly (DUN) sitting here yesterday.
Taib, who is also Resource Planning and Environment Minister, said this when asked to comment on suggestions that Sarawak Energy Berhad be accountable for the inconveniences and losses incurred due to frequent power outage in the state.
He also said that such a situation was bound to happen when the state was undergoing the process of improving and upgrading its energy supply capacity.
He pointed out that the state had started its electricity generation using generators and hydro on a much smaller volume so in the process of intensifying the capacity there were bound to be some unexpected problems to the system.