COGEN & POWER
DISTRIBUTION LICENCING
WITH SURUHANJAYA TENAGA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ST Guidelines for Cogen and Power Distribution
Licensing
Condition for Licence Application
Procedures for Licence Application
Duration of Licence Application
Cost and fees
GUIDELINES FOR
LICENCES
APPLICATION
GUIDELINES FOR LICENCES
APPLICATION
ST Guidelines on Licensing under Section 9 of the Act, refers to
Guidelines/ST/No.5/2016 stipulated:-
“Public Installation” is an installation operated by a licensee for the
supply of electricity to any person other than the licensee: Provided
that the licensee may use electricity for his own purposed where the
use is consistent with the terms of the licence
“Private Installation” is an installation operated by a licensee or owner
solely for the supply of electricity to and use thereof on the licensee’s
owner’s own property or premises, or, in the case of a consumer,
taking electricity from a public installation or supply authority, for use
only on the licensee’s or owner’s property or premises”
GUIDELINES FOR LICENCES
APPLICATION
Activities under Public Installation Section 1.3 stipulate:-
i. operation of electricity generation for with an efficient
method such as co-generation for own consumption
and supply/sell surplus energy to others in the
complex or specific areas such as Gas District Cooling
(KLIA) Sdn. Bhd. at the airport or
ii. the supply/sale of electricity and other services to
users in complex or multi-storey buildings with
electricity purchased from the utility such as operating
of Malakoff Utilities in KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur
GUIDELINES FOR LICENCES
APPLICATION
Section 2.2 stipulate the Government had outlining important
policies related to the electricity supply industry which includes:-
iii) use advanced or efficient technology such as co-generation
and district cooling;
iv) use of efficient technologies and methods in energy
management and provision of other services that have value
added to the users such as project Petronas CUF and Gas District
Cooling (GDC);
v) provide a more efficient service, fast, economical and
satisfying to consumers such as electrical distribution in complex
multi-tenant;
GUIDELINES FOR LICENCES
APPLICATION
Sample of Private Installation completed by Shinryo:-
i. PGB Gebeng CUF Cogen Plant
ii. PGB Kertih GPP A and GPP B Cogen Plants
iii. Petronas Fertilizer Kedah Cogen Plant
iv. Petronas Penapisan Melaka Cogen Plant
CONDITION FOR
LICENCE
APPLICATION
CONDITION FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Appendix 12 FQA item 2 stated the minimum requirement of paid-
up capital is at least 2% of the total project cost or in case of
licence for distribution activities, 2% of connection charge.
Licence period for public installation mentioned. Up to 21 yrs for
thermal and hydro depend on PPA. Distribution Licence – 10 yrs.
Company can hold more than one licence. Eg same shopping mall
owner hold distribution licence at different locations.
CONDITION FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Generating Licence refer to Appendix 7 of the Guidelines on
Licensing under Section 9 of the Act (Electricity Supply Acct
1990)– Generating Licence issued by Main Office (i)
Utility/IPP Generating Licence
Part II refers to Grant of Licence, stipulate expiry of the
completion date
Part II refers to Interpretation and Construction
Part III refers to Conditions of the Licence, stipulated 27
conditions licensee required to meet.
Part IV refers to revocation of licence.
CONDITION FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Distribution licence refer to Appendix 10 of the
Guidelines on Licensing under Section 9 of the Act
(Electricity Supply Acct 1990)– Distribution Licence
issued by Main Office
i. Part II refers to Terms of Licence, stipulate expiry of
the completion date
ii. Part II refers to the Condition, stipulated 22
conditions licensee required to meet.Part III refers to
revocation of licence.
PROCEDURES FOR
LICENCE
APPLICATION
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Application of licence can be made through
www.st.gov.my under Online Services. Public
installation shall be refers to oas.st.gov.my
Section 3.1 item vii) stated Minister of Energy,
Green Technology and Water approval is required
for licence application with capacity of 30MW and
above.
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Licencing approval
process at the
Commission’s Main
Office for licence
application for
operation of private
and public
installation of 5MW
and above obtained
from Appendix 1 as
follows:-
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Online application procedures for public and private
cogen licence application as follows:-
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Bahagian A. Type of application. Select public
licence.
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Bahagian B. Type of activity. Select Cogen,
Transmission and Distribution depends of
requirement.
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Bahagian C. Document required to submit to ST.
No. Document
1.0 Registration of Company
2.0 Registration of business
3.0 Form 24 &49
4.0 Form of Annual Return (Audit Report)
5.0 Kertas Cadangan / Ringkasan Projek (Project Brochure / Project Descriptions)
6.0 Simple Management Organisation Chart, whithout name also can. (Name them to be appointed) c/w
Chargeman, technician, etc.
7.0 Pelan Tapak (with LOT name & surrounding lot name, can get from owner).
8.0 A3 size lukisan voltan tinggi, need to be endorsed by owner M&E consultant.
9.0 A3 size lukisan voltan rendah, need to be endorsed by owner M&E consultant.
10.0 TNB clarification / acknowledge letter to handover.
11.0 Simple finance analysis.
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Bahagian D. Application form for public or private
licence for 5MW and above. Details of company,
category of users, information of the application etc.
Bahagian E. Declaration by applicant.
Bahagian F. Declaration by professional engineer.
DURATION OF
LICENCE
APPLICATION
PROCEDURES FOR LICENCE
APPLICATION
Section 3.1 stated at the Commission’s main office, an application
of licence for public installation will be processed by Licensing
Unit, Department of Industry Development and Electricity Market
Regulation. It is advisable to submit the application at least 3
months before Initial Operation Date (IOD) through online
application system (OAS).
Appendix 12 item 7 stipulated the processing time for the
Commission to approve the application of licence for public
installation for online application is 60 working days.
Based on the feedback from those who have dealt with ST, actual
application process normally takes 6-9 months to obtain approval
including discussion with ST prior submission.
COST & FEES
COST & FEES
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