KUCHING: The blackout in Sarawak may have been triggered by a frequency drop originating from the Bakun hydro-electric plant, said Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB)chief executive officer Torstein Dale Sjotveit.
He said the system trip led to a total failure of SEB's system and all its power stations were down, including at Sejingkat in Kuching, Batang Ai, the Mukah coal plant as well as the Bintulu and Miri gas plants.
"The reasons for the incident that started at 5.36 pm yesterday are still not fully known, but with the facts retrievable as of now it looks like the frequency drop may have originated from the Bakun hydro-electric plant," he said in a press statement.
Over two million people in Sarawak were affected by the statewide blackout caused by tripped circuits at the Kemena-Bintulu transmission lines at 5.40pm.
However, the operator of the Bakun Dam said Thursday that said the source of the electricity disruption was not from the dam.
Bakun Dam chief engineer Zulkifle Osman, when contacted by The Star, said there was no serious technical breakdown of the dam's machines.
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