AHAD DATU, — The achievement of electricity supply in the South-east Zone of Sabah shows an encouraging performance with a double-digit record in the System Average Interruption Duration Index (Saidi).
Chairman of Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB), Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau, said that the zone which includes Lahad Datu, Kota Kinabatangan and Semporna showed a significant reduction in the rate of disruptions within three years.
“Lahad Datu recorded a Saidi of 42.77 minutes per customer per year this year compared to 106.77 in 2022 and 104.51 minutes per customer per year in 2023.
“Even in some areas such as the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) record a single-digit Saidi which is below 10 minutes per customer per year,” he said in a statement in conjunction with his four-day working visit to SESB South-east and South Zones.