MRTCorp and TNB ink electricity supply accord

Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRTCorp) and Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) signed an

electricity supply agreement for the construction and operations of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line.

In a joint statement yesterday, they said the agreement also provided for the supply of power for the SBK line

until 2050.

The user connection charge for power supply for both construction and operation is RM173.1mil. This was based

on a special tariff-customised commercial traction tariff, the statement said.

Under the agreement, TNB would be supplying for a maximum demand level of 116.5 MW.

These would be supplied through seven 33kV main switching substations, which would be built at the Sungai Buloh

depot, Taman Industri Sungai Buloh station, Section 16 station, Semantan portal, Cochrane launch shaft, Taman

Cuepacs station and Kajang station.

In addition, TNB would be also constructing two 132/33kV transmission main intakes, which would be built at the

Semantan portal and Cochrane launch shaft.

Construction is expected to be completed by July 31, 2017.

Power supply for the construction of the MRT is expected to begin by the end of the year.

Commencement of power supply for MRT operations would coincide with the operationalisation of the first phase

of the MRT line from Sungai Buloh to Semantan by Dec 31, 2016.

MRTCorp chief executive officer Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid said: “The MRT is a government project which is for the

benefit of the rakyat. I’m very happy that TNB recognised this and agreed to the special tariff for the MRT,”

he said. —

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