KUALA LUMPUR: No new power plant is needed for the country until the end of next year as electricity demand has dropped from 4.8% last year to this year’s 2.8%, said Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor.
He said the country’s electricity reserve margin was also expected to rise from 42% to 47% next year with the commissioning of a new independent power producer (IPP) in Jimah, Negri Sembilan.
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