Sayed Jalal, T.Bodger, P.2010-07-292010-07-292009Sayed Jalal, T., Bodger, P. (2009) National Energy Policies and the Electricity Sector in Malaysia. Malacca, Malaysia: 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE2009), 7-8 Dec 2009. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment, 385-392.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4162Since its independence in 1957, Malaysia has gone a long way towards developing its economy and infrastructures. As one of the fast growing developing nations, its world renowned infrastructures include the Petronas Twin Towers, the SMART tunnel and the Bakun hydro dam. A key component that enables this growth is its secure, affordable and reliable electricity sector. Even though the initial electricity facilities here were constructed by the British during colonization, Malaysia continued to nurture its development and improve its reliability through her national policies, to ensure that it continued to support her growth and prowess. The main national policy pertaining to the electricity sector in Malaysia is the National Energy Policy. It was formulated in 1979 to ensure efficient, secure and environmentally sustainable supplies of energy, including electricity. Later, other policies were also formulated to address arising issues and concerns in the energy sector. Among them were the National Depletion Policy, the Four Fuel Diversification Policy and the Fifth Fuel Policy. This paper reviews and discusses their implementation and various impacts on the electricity sector in Malaysia.en(c) 2009 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.nominal energy policyelectricity supply industryenergy resourcesrenewable energyenergy efficiencyFields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290900 Electrical and Electronic Engineering::290903 Other electronic engineeringFields of Research::340000 Economics::340200 Applied Economics::340202 Environment and resource economicshttps://doi.org/10.1109/ICEENVIRON.2009.5398618