Project 3B plant ops date delayed due to transfer from 1MDB to TNB

As it stands, Project 3B is one of the two major power plants whose construction works have been delayed.The other is Project 4A, which is a contract to build a new 1,000 MW-1,400 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Johor, awarded to a consortium comprising TNB and SIPP Energy Sdn Bhd

PETALING JAYA: The earliest date of commercial operation for the 2x1,000 MW coal-fired power plant in Jimah, coded Project 3B, in Negri Sembilan, has been postponed to June 2019 from the original October 2018.

The delay was to facilitate the transfer of 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) entire shareholding in the project to Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).