MALAYSIA: Energy Commission Act 2001 (Act No. 610 of 2001) (2011 Ed.)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2001
Effective Start Year: 
2011
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Act
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Gas, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wave and Tidal, Wind, Other
Issued by: 
Government of Malaysia
Overall Summary: 
The Energy Commission Act 2001 (as at 1 December 2011) is to provide for the establishment of the Energy Commission with powers to regulate the energy supply activities in Malaysia, and to enforce the energy supply laws, and for matters connected therewith.
Investment
Financial incentives for energy infrastructure: 
There is hereby established, for the purposes of the energy supply laws, a Fund to be administered and controlled by the Commission.
Governance
Energy institutional structures: 
There is hereby established a body corporate by the name of “Suruhanjaya Tenaga” with perpetual succession and a common seal, and which may sue and be sued in its corporate name.---The Commission may establish any committee as it considers necessary or expedient to assist it in the performance of its functions under the energy supply laws.