News & Reviews:   electricity

Malaysia’s electricity supply remains stable for now, but rising global fuel prices could eventually push tariffs higher, according to the country’s economy leadership. The update comes amid ongoing volatility in global energy markets, which is starting to impact local generation costs.

Malaysian authorities are stepping up efforts to tackle misinformation related to fuel and electricity prices, investigating individuals responsible for spreading false content on social media platforms. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil confirmed that investigations are ongoing to prevent unnecessary panic among the public.

Malaysia has reported losses totalling RM4.57 billion from illegal electricity use connected to bitcoin mining between 2020 and August 2025, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Transition Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) uncovered 13827 premises engaged in electricity theft for cryptocurrency mining over the past five years, highlighting both economic and safety concerns.

Starting 1 August 2025, households in Peninsular Malaysia that consume more than 600?kWh of electricity per month will receive a rebate of RM0.0145 per?kWh under a new mechanism known as the Automatic Fuel Adjustment (AFA).

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has revealed that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has asked Sarawak to supply electricity to the Philippines. Specifically, Anwar requested Sarawak to supply its excess electricity to Souther Philippines via Sabah starting in 2026.

Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim has denied claims that the basic electricity tariff in Peninsular Malaysia will increase by 14% this July. So, what should you know about it?

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has assured that it will not increase electricity tariffs for 85% of domestic users. Its CFO, Datuk Nazmi Othman, revealed the matter after the company yesterday announced to Bursa Malaysia that it is setting a new, higher tariff schedule on 1 July 2025.

We have talked about this before but in case you haven't, bitcoin miners have been siphoning lots of electricity. Even though a couple of bitcoin mining operations have been busted over the few years, the government reported that there has been an estimated loss of electricity for more than RM2.3 billion.

Can you imagine if those miners are using RTX GPUs? Luckily, these aren't. It seems that a group of individuals have been mining bitcoins and not only that, they also bypassed the electricity reading which costs Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) more than RM8 million losses.

Based on a statement by Mark Gurman, it seems that Apple’s MagSafe Duo Charger is able to achieve up to 14W per device while requiring a separate 27W USB-C power adapter that’s sold separately. Not only that, but if you were to hook up a 20W USB-C power adapter to the Apple MagSafe Duo Charge, it's able to achieve charging speeds of up to 11W.