imilar to many developing countries, energy has been a prime
contributor towards rapid growth of the Malaysian economy.
According to Malaysia’ s Ninth Five Year Plan energy demand was
expected to increase at an annual average rate of 6% between 2006
and 2010. According to Gan and Li total primary energy
consumption is expected to triple by 2030. This is consistent with
Malaysia’s vision to become a developed country by 2020. Electricity
consumption in ASEAN is the second highest among the five
founding economies. Electricity consumption per capita has
been increasing rapidly since the early 1970