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Tenaga Nasional Berhad

It makes and sells electricity to homes and businesses across Malaysia.

Tenaga Nasional is Malaysia's main electricity company. It runs the wires that carry power to roughly ten million homes, shops, and factories, and it also owns the plants that generate much of that electricity. Most of its money comes from regulated electricity sales — the government sets the rates, which keeps revenue steady and predictable. Think of it as the country's electrical plumbing and power plants rolled into one.

The business splits into a few parts. Generating power — burning coal, gas, and increasingly sunshine — makes up a big chunk of what it does. Running the national grid and distributing electricity to customers is another, and it earns a guaranteed return on that network. A smaller but growing piece is green energy: solar farms and renewable projects, especially through its overseas arm in countries like the UK and Vietnam. It also sells power to data centers, which are hungry for electricity and are popping up fast across Malaysia.

It is a government-linked company, majority owned by state funds, and pays a steady dividend to shareholders. Rising power demand from data centers, plus Malaysia's push toward cleaner energy, is shaping its future. The catch is that it is heavily regulated, so big profits depend on the rules set in Kuala Lumpur, not just on how well it runs the machines.

Saved answer · last researched 11 Oct 2026