About 200,000 account holders will experience rotational outages lasting one to two hours, reported The Borneo Post.

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd’s (SESB) CEO, Yaakob Jaafar, said Petronas had informed SESB and the Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS ) in advance about the maintenance, and preparations had been made to avoid rationing.

However, two major power plants which are key contributors to Sabah’s power generation – the Kimanis IPP power plant and the SPRE power plant – will not be able to operate using diesel during the shutdown.

“As a result, Sabah will lose 195MW from its power grid,” said Yaakob at a press conference in Kota Kinabalu.

He said SESB is coordinating with the independent power producers, ECoS and other stakeholders to monitor the situation and reduce disruption as much as possible.

Updates on affected areas and outage schedules will be available on SESB’s Facebook page and mobile app.