This issue is crucial. If third-party access rates are set too high, making it non-competitive for the private sector to offer products and services via the grid, the liberalisation of the energy sector could stall. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star
LAST week, the proposed rates for third-party access to the national electricity grid were released, causing a stir among private sector players who claim the rates are too high.
For renewable power producers injecting “non-firm” renewable energy into the grid, the suggested rate is 45 sen/kWh. This rate drops to 25 sen/kWh if the producer manages the intermittency of energy production (such as the lack of solar energy generation at night) independently, thereby selling only “firm output” of energy through the grid.
