SB conducted a knowledge sharing session with the Energy Division of Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department. The weekly sharing session is a new initiative introduced by the new Director of Energy Division, Pn Zaeidah Mohamed Esa. It serves as a platform to provide exposure to the division especially on matters related to the industry. SB was invited to the session to share about electricity demand projection and power generation planning. SB Chief Operation Officer, En Abd Malik Mohd Jaafar, started the session with a brief introduction about SB’s roles and functions. The session then continued with demand projection and generation planning topics.
The sharing session was conducted in an interactive manner. It managed to engage and spark interests between the audience. Among the questions asked by the audience were about the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) used in the demand projection, the impact of solar to the system, least cost principle, reserve margin situation and many more. At the end of the session, Pn Zaeidah thanked SB delegates and wished for more collaboration with SB in the future.
