KOTA BARU: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will provide rebates for consumers, especially businesses which were affected by the electricity blackout in several states on Wednesday.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said one million accounts had experienced power outage for about two hours and 21 minutes that day.
"These include domestic, industrial and commercial accounts. TNB will give rebates to those affected.
"Accounts of those effected such as major merchants like (Suria) KLCC can make a claim stating the losses incurred.
"However, detailed information on this will be presented in Parliament on Aug 4."
He said this when met at Pas Kota Baru annual general meeting here today.
Takiyuddin also praised TNB's quick actions in restoring the power supply, adding that the disruption was caused by a piece of equipment at the Yong Peng North Main Entrance Substation in Yong Peng, Johor.
"Due to the problems and the need to maintain energy stability, we had to ration power supply to certain non-critical areas and ensure that hospitals, airports and Parliament which was in session at the time did not suffer from power outages," he added.
TNB had said the power outage, which started at 12.39pm, was restored by 3.02pm the same day.
The damage, it said, resulted in a load loss of 2.2 gigawatts, which was 10 per cent of supply in the peninsula.