TITLE

Government seeks levy from IPPs

PUB. DATE

January 1997

SOURCE

Modern Power Systems;Jan97, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the Malaysian government's plans to impose a levy on independent power producers (IPP) to help fund the social programs of electric utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Decline in Tenaga's net profits for the year ending August 1996.

ACCESSION #

9702203459

Tags: TENAGA Nasional Bhd;  ELECTRIC utilities -- Government policy

 

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