Utility

As of 2022: • 97.9% of Rural Households in Sarawak have access to 24-hour electricity supply • Over 25,000 households at previously unelectrified areas have been provided access to electricity supply for the past 3 years • Since rural electrification began in 2009, more than 150,000 families in rural villages enjoy reliable and affordable electricity. Many are powered by SARES that gives electricity supply at no cost, although consumption is limited.

The Sarawak Government, through the Ministry of Utility and Telecommunication and its implementing agency, Sarawak Energy, is committed to support Sarawak’s ambition of achieving full electrification by 2025; providing 24-hour reliable and affordable power supply across Sarawak with the most competitive electricity tariffs in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

In reaching out full electrification by 2025, the Sarawak Government through the Ministry of Utilities, Sarawak has introduced the Connection Charges Government Financial Assistance (CCGFA) scheme for low-income households in the urban areas.

Incorporated on 7 June 1995, LAKU Management Sdn Bhd is a wholly owned company of the State Government of Sarawak that produces, distributes potable water, and collects water revenue in Miri, Bintulu, Limbang and Samalaju in Sarawak.

Highlighting historical milestones for electricity, water supply and telecommunications in Malaysia as they evolve in parallel with the nation’s socio-economic progress.

NRW management has been a priority in the Sarawak Government’s water supply initiatives, as it aims to provide clean treated water supply to every household in the State by 2025. It is one of four major water supply projects that the Government, through the Ministry of Utilities, intends to invest under the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025), in hopes of reducing Sarawak’s NRW to 25 percent in 2025 through a holistic NRW management programme.