Sabah Electricity chairman Wilfred Madius Tangau said the current rate of 34 sen/kWh must be revised, but conceded that this was up to the federal government and Sabah energy commission.

“If you ask Sabah Electricity, we have long been fighting for a tariff revision. Because, if our selling price is higher than our cost price, we would not require federal subsidies any more.

“And when we stop relying on those subsidies, we will be running as a real business, and then you can really see how we manage things,” he was quoted as saying by the Borneo Post.

Sabah Electricity is currently running at a loss and relies on federal subsidies to cover its losses.

Today’s rebranding saw the utility company getting a new logo with Mount Kinabalu as its motif. Its customer service counter was also relocated from its old office near the Karamunsing shopping complex to the EPF building at Sadong Jaya.

Tangau said the old building was deemed unsafe by authorities last Monday.

Separately, Tangau said Sabah Electricity is currently looking into implementing segmented consumer tariffs in different parts of the state, with higher income.

He said this would involve assessing the level of service provided and average total duration of power interruptions in various areas, though this proposal is still being studied.