Thursday, January 13, 2005
Tripping in Kapar power switchyard cause of major blackout
News Update by The Star News Desk
KUALA LUMPUR: A problem at the Kapar switchyard at the Port Klang Power Station caused it to trip at 12.16pm, resulting in the National Grid losing 1,700MW, says Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB). TNB Deputy president/deputy chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Hadi Mohd Deros said to avoid the whole nation from suffering a blackout, Tenaga had to carry out load shedding after that. "This led to Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor experiencing total blackout. In the Klang Valley, this caused the KL East and Pudu Hulu intake stations to trip, causing outages in several parts," he said.
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