Sarawak CM: No plans to build 'very costly' undersea power cable to peninsula

A file picture dated Oct 5, 2011 showing thousands of litres of water cascading down the Bakun Dam spillway. - photo courtesy of Sarawak Hidro

KUCHING: Sarawak will not build an undersea power cable supplying electricity to peninsular Malaysia as it would be "very costly" to do so, says Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.

The Chief Minister said power generated from the Bakun dam, which the state government had acquired from the Federal Government, would mainly be used for local consumption.