tena myx 5347 industry electrical power founded kuala lumpur malaysia 1 february 1990 headquarters kuala lumpur malaysia area served peninsula malaysia sabah pakistan key people tan sri leo moggie chairman datuk seri ir . azman mohd president and ceo dato roslan ab rahman cco products electricity generation transmission and distribution revenue rm37 .13 billion 2013 1 operating income rm5 .89 billion 2013 1 net income rm4 .61 billion 2013 1 total assets rm99 .03 billion 2013 1 number of employees 34 900 2013 1 website www.tnb.com.my tenaga nasional headquarters tenaga nasional berhad tena myx 5347 is the only electric utility company in peninsular malaysia and also the largest power company in southeast asia with myr 99.03 billion worth of assets . it serves over 8.4 million customers 1 throughout peninsular malaysia and also the eastern state of sabah through sabah electricity sdn bhd. tnb s core activities are in the generation transmission and distribution of electricity . other activities include repairing testing and maintaining power plants providing engineering procurement and construction services for power plants related products assembling and manufacturing high voltage switchgears coal mining and trading . operations are carried out in malaysia mauritius pakistan india and indonesia . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 lembaga letrik pusat 1949 1965 1.2 lembaga letrik negara 1965 1990 2 transmission division 3 generation division 4 distribution division 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit lembaga letrik pusat 1949 1965 edit the lembaga letrik pusat central electricity board ceb was established and came into operation on 1 september 1949 . the board was to become heir to three major projects considered by the electricity department following its re establishment in april 1946 which were the connaught bridge power station cameron highlands hydroelectric project & the development of a national grid . ceb eventually became the owner of 34 power stations with a generation capacity of 39.88 mw including a steam power station in bangsar with a capacity of 26.5 mw a hydroelectric power station at ulu langat with a capacity of 2.28 mw as well as various diesel powered generators with a total capacity of 11.1 mw . 3 lembaga letrik negara 1965 1990 edit on 22 june 1965 central electricity board ceb of the federation of malaya was renamed as the lembaga letrik negara national electricity board neb of the states of malaya . by the 80s the board was supplying the whole peninsula with electricity strategically replacing the perak river hydro electric power company prhep and its subsidiary kinta electrical distribution co. ltd ked in 1982 penang municipality in 1976 and areas supplied by huttenbach ltd in 1964 which included alor setar sungai petani kulim lunas padang serai telok anson langkap tampin and kuala pilah . on 4 may 1988 prime minister mahathir mohamad announced the government s decision on a policy of privatisation . two pieces of legislation were passed to replace the existing electricity act and to provide for the establishment of a new corporation . tenaga nasional berhad tnb was formed in 1990 by the electricity supply successor company act 1990 to succeed the national electricity board neb of the states of malaya . transmission division edit currently the tnb group has a complete power supply system including the national grid which is energised at 132 275 and 500 kilovolt kv with its tallest electricity pylon in malaysia and southeast asia being the kerinchi pylon located near menara telekom kerinchi kuala lumpur . the national grid is linked via 132 kv hvac and 300 kv hvdc interconnection to thailand and 230 kv cables to singapore . tnb through its subsidiaries is also involved in the manufacturing of transformers high voltage switchgears and cables consultancy services architectural civil and electrical engineering works and services repair and maintenance services and fuel undertakes research and development property development and project management services . tnb also offers higher education through its university universiti tenaga nasional uniten . generation division edit for a list of tnb owned power stations see list of power stations in malaysia . the generation division owns and operates thermal assets and hydroelectric generation schemes in peninsular malaysia and one independent power producer ipp operating in pakistan . in the peninsula it has a generation capacity of 11 296 mw . 4 among plans to expand its generation capacity include increasing hydroelectric generation by 2015 5 and commissioning the first nuclear power plant in malaysia by 2025 if the government decides to include nuclear as an acceptable energy option . 6 distribution division edit the distribution division conducts the distribution network operations and electricity retail operations of tnb . the division plans constructs operates performs repairs and maintenance and manages the assets of the 33 kv 22 kv 11 kv 6.6 kv and 415 240 volt in the peninsular malaysia distribution network . sabah electricity provides the same function in the state of sabah . to conduct its electricity retailing business it operates a network of state and area offices to purchase electricity from embedded generators market and sell electricity connect new supply provide counter services collect revenues operate call management centres provide supply restoration services and implements customer and government relationships . 7 see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to tenaga nasional berhad . national grid malaysia sabah electricity sarawak energy references edit a b c d e f annual reports . tenaga nasional . cite error invalid ref tag ; name tnb2013ar defined multiple times with different content see the help page . cite error invalid ref tag ; name tnb2013ar defined multiple times with different content see the help page . cite error invalid ref tag ; name tnb2013ar defined multiple times with different content see the help page . cite error invalid ref tag ; name tnb2013ar defined multiple times with different content see the help page . cite error invalid ref tag ; name tnb2013ar defined multiple times with different content see the help page . tenaga nasional berhad company profile snapshot . thomson financial business . retrieved 25 may 2009 . the story of electricity central electricity board ceb . tenaga nasional berhad . retrieved 25 may 2009 . dead link tnb generation division . tenaga nasional berhad . 2004 . retrieved 25 may 2009 . dead link tnb plans to increase hydropower generation . bernama . bernama . 22 may 2009 . retrieved 25 may 2009 . tnb awaits govt decision to commission first nuclear power plant by 2025 . christine lim . bernama . 25 may 2009 . retrieved 25 may 2009 . tnb distribution division . tenaga nasional berhad . retrieved 25 may 2009 . dead link external links edit tenaga nasional berhad sabah electricity sdn bhd sarawak energy bhd v 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