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ELECTRICAL SAFETY LEGISLATION UPDATES “Toward Better Safety Management Practices” by Mohd Elmi Bin Anas Mohd Elmi Bin Anas Director Department of Electrical Safety Regulations Energy Commission National Conference on Electrical Safety, 2015 Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur 9 November 2015 organised by Energy Commission

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ELECTRICAL SAFETY LEGISLATION UPDATES

“Toward Better Safety Management Practices”

byMohd Elmi Bin AnasMohd Elmi Bin Anas

Director Department of Electrical Safety Regulations

Energy Commission

National Conference on Electrical Safety, 2015Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur

9 November 2015organised by Energy Commission

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CONTENTS

• Updates on Statistics of Electrical Accidents

• Updates on Electricity Supply (Ammendment) 2015 –Safety Aspect

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Updates on Statistics of Electrical Accident

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Statistics of Number of Electrical Accidents Cases Reported

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Rate of Casualty in Electrical Accidents Per Million Electricity Consumer(2002-2014)

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Number of Electrical Accidents According to States

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Number of Electrical Accidents Per Million Population According to States (2002 –August 2015)

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Causes of Electrical Accidents (2002 –August 2015)

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Location of Electrical Accidents (2002 –August 2015)

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Location of Electrical Accidents (2002 –August 2015)

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Statistics of Electrical Accidents Based on 8 Categories of Site

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• Plug Top6

Electrical Appliance No of Cases

• Socket Outlet

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Statistics of Electrical Appliance Involved in Accidents

(2002 –August 2015)

• Portable Power Tools

11• Residual Current Device

3• Instanteneous Water Heater

4• Storage Water Heater

1• Fan

1• Television

1• Washing Machine

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1• Rice Cooker

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Statistics of Electrical Accidents According to EC Regional Office in the Year 2015 (as of Oct 2015)

No Energy Commission Regional Office

Number of Cases

Total Cases

Fatal Non Fatal

1 PETALING JAYA 3 3 6

2 IPOH 4 2 6

3 BUTTERWORTH 2 1 3

4 KOTA BHARU 1 1 24 KOTA BHARU 1 1 2

5 KUANTAN 3 2 5

6 JOHOR BAHRU 3 2 5

7 MELAKA 0 2 2

8 KOTA KINABALU 3 3 6

9 SANDAKAN 6 0 6

TOTAL 25 16 41

ANNUALISED 30 19 49

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CategoryNo of

Certificates Issued

Competent Electrical Engineer 1,209

Registration of Competent Person

(as of 24 October 2015)Certificates of Competency Issued

(as of 24 October 2015)

No of Competent Person Registered 22,607

No of Competent Person Not Registered

Registration Expired

15,237

Competent Electrical Engineer 1,209

Electrical Services Engineer 242

Electrical Supervisor 227

Chargeman 45,464

Cable Jointer 474

Wireman 64,266

Total 111,882

Registered No Record of Registration

39,585

Total Number of Competent Person 77,429

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Category of Competency RistrictionNumber of Certificates

Competent Electrical Engineer JK1 66

Competent Electrical Engineer JK2 102 Competent Electrical Engineer JK3 2 Competent Electrical Engineer JK4 62

Competent Electrical Engineer JK5 184

Category of Competency RistrictionNumber of Certificates

Electrical Supervisor PE1 84

Chargeman A1 3,275

Chargeman A4 2,594

Chargeman AO 3,854

Chargeman **A2 12

Registration of Competent Person (High Voltage) based on Number of Certificates(as of 24 Oct 2015)

Registration of Competent Person (Low Voltage) based on Number of Certificates(as of 24 Oct 2015)

Competent Electrical Engineer JK5 184 Competent Electrical Engineer JK6 15 Electrical Services Engineer JP1 20 Electrical Services Engineer JP2 62

Electrical Services Engineer JP4 22 Electrical Services Engineer JP5 15 Electrical Services Engineer JP6 7

Chargeman B1 394 Chargeman B4 601 Chargeman BO 1,773

Chargeman BO-1 175 Chargeman BO-2 121 Cable Jointer PK2 59

Cable Jointer PK3 39 Cable Jointer PK5 1 Total 3,720

Chargeman **A2 12

Chargeman A4-1 209

Chargeman A4-2 227

Cable Jointer PK1 45

Wireman PW1 1,222

Wireman PW2 2,940

Wireman PW3 777

Wireman PW4 9,171

Wireman PW5 1

Wireman PW6 26

Total 24,437

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Updates on Electricity Supply (Ammendment) 2015(Ammendment) 2015

-Safety Aspect-

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THE NEED FOR AMENDMENTSTHE NEED FOR AMENDMENTS

• A reliable and affordable electricity supply is a key element inMalaysia’s economic development agenda towards becoming adeveloped nation by the year 2020.

• Hence, there is a need to review the existing regulatory framework toenable the Malaysia Electricity Supply Industry (MESI) to become morerobust, progressive, vibrant and sustainable in the near future.robust, progressive, vibrant and sustainable in the near future.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE AMENDMENTSOBJECTIVES OF THE AMENDMENTS

• To enhance and streamline existing provisions of the ElectricitySupply Act 1990 (Act 447) in line with developments and practicesin the electricity supply industry in the areas of:

Governance framework

Improving safety practices

Protection of consumer interests

Application of latest technology

• To enable more effective enforcement of electricity supply laws

• A reliable and affordable electricity supply is a key element forMalaysian’s economic development to become developed countryby year 2020

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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTSSUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS

ToTo EnhanceEnhance GovernanceGovernance OfOf TheThe IndustryIndustry To Improve Safety PracticesTo Improve Safety Practices

Licensing Of Electricity Supply Activities

Addition or Amendment of Terms and Conditions ofLicence

Additional functions and powers of the Commission

Authorization Of System Operator And Single

Responsibilities of Licensee For Safety

Responsibility of Non Domestic Electrical InstallationOwner or Operator, Retail Licensee and GenerationLicensee For Safety

Undertaking Electrical WorkAuthorization Of System Operator And SingleBuyer

Arrangement for Electricity Procurement

Supply Infrastructure Information Security

Power to obtain information by Commission

Power of Commission to audit

Power of Minister to make new Regulations

Responsibility in relation to Non-electrical Work

Compliance Inspection

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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS (cont’d)SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS (cont’d)

ToTo ProtectProtect ConsumerConsumer InterestsInterests To Enable More Effective EnforcementTo Enable More Effective Enforcement

Licensee’s obligation to supply, and rectify, repair andcompensate damage of consumers where licenseefound to be negligent

Exceptions to Licensee’s obligation to supply

Tariff determination by the Commission

Authorized officer’s investigation and evidencegathering powers

Heavier punishment for offences

New offences and punishment

Dispute resolution and arbitration

Recovery of expenses by consumers

Consumer Supply Agreement to be approved byCommission

Standard of Performance of supply and service byLicensees

Disconnection of supply due to electricity theft

Compounding of offences

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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS (cont’d)SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS (cont’d)

ToTo ProtectProtect ConsumerConsumer InterestsInterests To Enable More Effective EnforcementTo Enable More Effective Enforcement

Testing and verification of electricity meters inaccordance with the Act and subsidiary legislation

New metering provisions for Prepaid, smart metering,smart grid, telemetering and Automated MeteringInfrastructure.

Retention and return of documents by Commission

Infrastructure.

Usage of supply lines for communications

Electricity Industry Fund

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Ammendment of Electricity Supply Act with Respect to Improving Safety Practices

1) Responsibilities of Licensee For Safety (new section 33B)

2) Responsibility of Non Domestic Electrical Installation Owner orOperator, Retail Licensee and Generation Licensee For Safety (newsection 33C)

3) Undertaking Electrical Work (new section 33D)

4) Responsibility in relation to Non-electrical Work (new section 33E)

5) Compliance Inspection (new section 33F)

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Responsibilities of Licensee for Safety (new section 33B)

Licensee to comply with the Electrical Infrastructure Safety Code Licensee to prepare safety management plan.

Rationale:

mandating of relevant safety codes will ensure better alignment of legalrequirements with industry practices and will facilitate development of industryrequirements with industry practices and will facilitate development of industrybest practices.

supply licensees are given duties and responsibilities to ensure safety of thesupply infrastructure in accordance with accepted safety management plans.

enable licensees to continuously improve safety practices through the use ofinnovative and effective methods and eventually to achieve maximum safety.

cont..

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Responsibilty of Non-Domestic Electrical Installation Owner orOperator, Retail Licensee And Licensee For A Private Installation forSafety (new section 33C)

Non-domestic electrical installation owners or operators, retaillicensee and licensee for a private installation to comply with non–domestic installation safety code, prepare and comply with safetymanagement programme.

Rationale:

owners or operators of electrical installations, retail licensee and licensee for a private installation are given duties to ensure safety in the operation, maintenance and repair of the installations according to safety programmes prepared by them.

enable owners or operators of electrical installations to be more proactive in ensuring safety of installations under their control.

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Undertaking Electrical Work (New section 33D)

• A competent person or a person under control of a competent personshall carry out work in accordance with the electrical infrastructuresafety code or non-domestic electrical installation safety code.

Rationale:

Electrical work to be carried out in accordance with the safety code to ensure safety of the installation.safety of the installation.

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Responsibility relating to Non-electrical Work (New section 33E)

Any person who constructs, builds, renovates or undertakes work other thanelectrical work shall ensure that the work shall not cause electricity related injury toany person or damage to any property.

Rationale:

Enables developers and/or contractors who construct, build or renovate buildingsor does any non-electrical work to be more proactive in ensuring that the work isor does any non-electrical work to be more proactive in ensuring that the work iscarried out safely and shall not interfere with any area’s or building’s electricalsystems.

Compliance inspection (New section 33F)

• The Commission may inspect or cause to be inspected an electricity supplyinfrastructure, non-domestic electrical installation, manufacturer’spremises, importer’s premises, conformity assessment body to ensure theircompliance with the requirements of the law.

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