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SP Services – Provides integrated customer billing services for electricity, water and piped gas supplies in Singapore. It holds the nation's Market Support Services License to provide meter reading services, meter data management, and facilitates customers' transfer from the regulated tariff to the Open Electricity Market retailers, or to the wholesale electricity market.
Senoko Power was originally formed in 1977 [1] as a power generation arm of the Public Utilities Board (PUB) in Singapore. [2] In the 1990s, it converted the Power Station from an open-cycle gas turbine power plant to Singapore's first combined cycle plant. [3] It also began piping in natural gas from Malaysia to generate electricity in 1992. [4]
Three reservoirs in Singapore are named after notable Municipal Engineers James MacRitchie, Robert Peirce and David J. Murnane. The idea of a Public Utilities Board was first introduced in 1961 when industrialisation was driving up the country's demand for power. [5] However, it was only in 1 May 1963 that the statutory board came into force. [6]
Singapore has started importing renewable energy from Laos through Thailand and Malaysia as part of the Lao PDR–Thailand–Malaysia–Singapore Power Integration Project. The city-state is also planning to import up to 4 gigawatts of low-carbon electricity by 2035.
In December 2023, YTL Power signed the share subscription agreement to acquire 14% stake in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), becoming the pioneer of 5G service provider in Malaysia. [22] Yes 5G was also recognised as Malaysia’s fastest mobile network speed in 2022 & 2023 by Ookla during the Speedtest Awards in Barcelona .
A number of independent power producers also own and operate several small hydro plants. Independent hydroelectric schemes Sg Kenerong Small Hydro Power Station in Kelantan at Sungai Kenerong, 20 MW, owned by Musteq Hydro Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Eden Inc Berhad [ 9 ]
In 1992, a fire broke out at one of its plants resulting in a major power outage in the island. [4] Based on a mutual agreement between Malaysia and Singapore on electricity, the plant is linked by a submarine cable to the Sultan Iskandar Power Station in Pasir Gudang, Johor. In the event of a power outage in Peninsular Malaysia, the plant ...
The Seraya power station itself is the first offshore power station in Singapore. It began operating in January 1987. [3] Originally part of Singapore Power, the company was part of Temasek Holdings from 2001. On 6 March 2009, the company was divested from Temasek Holdings to become a wholly owned subsidiary of YTL Power International Berhad ...