Oh Look, No Power Outage

Well it looks like there is no power disruption at all. So it's really only affecting Bintulu area.


We hope.

 

It's Ultraman's fault. I know it is. That's for having a beeping light on your chest Ultraman. And don't try to fend off the attack Ultraman, come on we're way faster and better at this than you are.

Power Disruption Tomorrow Sunday 9am - 5pm?

Circulating around Facebook is a picture of a notice that had been issued by Sarawak Energy that Bintulu will have power disruptions from 9am till 5pm and in that timeframe they will rename the company to Sarawak Non-Energy.

While the notice is for Bintulu only, it might affect Miri as well, since, you know, we just rely on The One Link to power everything.

But who knows. We'll see. So if tomorrow you have big plans that involve Electricity, then you'd better store them up in many, many PowerBanks for your iPads and phones and whatever electrical devices you need it for.

Oh, and you'll need to eat everything in your fridge before then as well to prevent food from spoiling. Or use even more PowerBanks to keep the fridge running.

No need candles, as because it'd be a daytime outage. But stock some, in case they screw up right into dusk and cause a zombie outbreak of some sort. We listed some tips on how to prevent Fire from escaping candles and burning everything into the ground here.

Don't think you're off the hook, Ultraman, we still blame you. Because we're awesome at blaming everyone else.

Let's All Blame Ultraman for the Power Disruption

3 Houses Set Ablaze by Candles in Miri

There's a running joke that during the blackout last night, someone might set fire to their houses because Modern Man has long forgotten how to control Fire. Needless to say, that became fact, when three houses went up in smoke, apparently cause by candles during the power outtage.

No casualties were reported.


According to our favorite news source Borneo Post, the Fire and Rescue Department dispatched three engines to the scene (one for each house, maybe) and the firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control within an hour.

Parts of the city got its power back at 9pm, and I only got mine back after 11pm. The fire victims didn't get anything back.

- Would an Apology compensate for this blaze?

Here's some tips for using candles, courtesy of moi:

• Firecrackers are not candles. They look the same; don't be fooled. The same goes for sticks of dynamite. No.
• When Fire is on candle, don't touch the Fire. Fire is Hot. Hot is bad.
• Don't put candle near flamable objects, such as paper, dried leaves, wood, gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, petrol or diesel.
• Put out the flames when you're not doing whatever is needed with Light from Fire. If you don't, Fire will creep away from you when you're not looking and start consuming everything and transform into Massive Destructive Fire. By then, you're screwed.

These are not candles

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/28/cost-of-candles-three-houses

Sarawak (Non)Energy Apologizes to Sarawakians

Sarawak Energy Berhad (temporarily renamed to Sarawak Non-Energy Berhad on the evening of June 27th) CEO apologizes to all Sarawakians due to the state-wide blackout fiasco. Here is his apology letter which I found on - yeah, Borneo Post again (seriously I need to get my sources from better news sites.)

"Dear Sarawak Energy Customers throughout the State of Sarawak,
Our full team is still working on recovery throughout the State, but we have experienced some unexpected problems to recover the State Power System.
Firstly, the incident started at 17.36 hrs on Thursday (27 June) with a very serious frequency drop in our system that led to a total system failure. The reasons are still not fully known, but with the facts retrievable as of now, looks like the frequency drop may have originated from the Bakun Hydroelectric plant. The system tripping led to a total failure of our system and all our power stations were down, Sejingkat in Kuching, Batang Ai, Mukah coal plant, as well as Bintulu and Miri gas plants."

  Oh, so it was caused by our proud Bakun dam. Damn.

"We have on our side, over the first couple of hours after the system tripped, restored all SEB transmission systems, We are in the process of restoring all of the power plants, but unfortunately we are only able to get power from 2 of the 4 Bakun units after 22.00 hrs.
The system is still very unstable due to the huge impact, but I have at present, a strong team at Menara Sarawak Energy of 30 over of our best people to oversee and restore the system step-by-step, and we have mobilized hundreds of our staff around Sarawak at power stations and substations to support and monitor the recovery of our system.
I personally want to send a strong message on behalf of Sarawak Energy that we are truly sorry for all the inconvenience and losses this incident have created and I can assure you we will not rest until we have good control on the system. We will also ensure a proper investigation is done with third party input to maximize the learning SEB can get from this very serious incident."

 "Good control over the system?" It's happened before, you know, just a few hours after the Bakun dam started operations. That was in 2010.  Plenty of time to have "good control over the system",  you think?

"I have been following the situation closely and this message is written with all the knowledge we have at present moment.
In closing, I sincerely apologize for those who have suffered from the black out and I can assure you we will do our best to normalize the situation by Friday (28 June) morning."

  
I just lost an eletronic equipment due to this. And several people have overloaded computers and equipment due to that on and off again 3 second power surge. Yeah, an Apology will compensate that one right? Which country does the currency Apology belong to? What's the value of an Apology? RM200?

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/28/sarawak-energy-apologises-to-sarawakians

BLACKOUT!

Yeah, it's not even dark outside and it's already called a blackout. At around 5.30 the whole of Sarawak has gone back into the stone age, with everyone scrambling to buy candles because everyone was too reliant on electricity for light. When it got dark, candle use is widespread. Happy birthday, everyone! Candles! Where's the cake? Oh sorry that melted when the fridge stopped working.

Apparently, this electrical outtage was state-wide. From Kuching all the way to Miri.

Intersections were jammed, because they don't use backup electricity, and also apparently some drivers blacked out as well.

It wasn't until late night at around 11pm we got current back.

The outtage is caused by a tripped circuit caused by overloading at the Kemena-Bintulu sub-station. Apparently, we totally rely on just the one link to keep the whole of Sarawak powered. No secondary backups, it's because we're so awesome. Who needs backups and contingency plans anyway..

Nice planning guys, good job everyone! *claps sarcastically*

Read more at the Borneo Post again: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/28/outrage-over-massive-outage