Policy Insight - Malaysia: Guide For Cross-Border Electricity Sales (CBES)

10 Mar 2025
Policy Insight - Malaysia: Guide For Cross-Border Electricity Sales (CBES)

Authors: ASEAN Centre for Energy
Authoring Organisation: ACE - ASEAN Centre for Energy
Posted At: 03-2025

The Guide for Cross-Border Electricity Sales (CBES) serves as a comprehensive guide or framework in advancing ASEAN’s regional energy integration, facilitating power trade between Peninsular Malaysia and neighbouring countries, specifically Singapore and Thailand. The guide establishes two distinct schemes: the CBES Scheme, which governs non-renewable electricity exports, and the CBES RE Scheme, which enables the cross-border trade of renewable energy. Each scheme has its own set of regulatory requirements, infrastructure needs, and market mechanisms in shaping Malaysia’s role as an electricity exporter in the region.

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