A Malaysian company buying green power across the grid pays 4 sen per kWh - the developer's 14 sen fee is a different line, fixed for 10 years
On 15 October 2026 the Energy Commission said green consumers in the CRESS Acceleration Package pay a separate 4 sen/kWh, tied to the Regulatory Period 4 tariff and open to review with that tariff. Eligible developers pay 14 sen/kWh, fixed for 10 years from commercial operation, if the plant is running by 31 December 2028. About 3 GW of projects are in the pipeline. The statement does not print a combined 18 sen rate, and it does not print a savings figure.
A factory in Peninsular Malaysia that wants green power from a solar farm somewhere else, not from its own roof, pays for the wires. Last month the headline number was 14 sen. On 15 October the Energy Commission split the bill.
CRESS is the Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme. A renewable developer sells power to a company across the national grid. The system access charge is the fee for using that grid.
On 13 October 2026 the Energy Commission briefed the industry in Putrajaya, with Tenaga Nasional, the Single Buyer and the Grid System Operator. On 15 October it published the statement. The statement dates the ministry announcement of the package, from the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA), at 18 September 2026. This note is the October split. The September cut, from 20 sen to 14 sen for firm supply, is already on this desk.
Two charges. Two parties.
The developer. An eligible renewable energy developer pays 14 sen per kilowatt-hour. That rate is fixed for 10 years from the commercial operation date. The plant qualifies for the package if it is in commercial operation by 31 December 2028. After that date the package ends, and the statement says the plant takes the system access charge in force at the time. The contract between developer and buyer runs at least 10 years.
The buyer. A green consumer pays a separate CRESS charge of 4 sen per kilowatt-hour. The statement ties that charge to the prevailing Regulatory Period 4 tariff, and says it is reviewed with the regulated tariff, in the same way other consumers' tariffs are reviewed. The charge follows the green consumer's electricity use. It is separate from the developer's 14 sen. It is separate from the cost of building the plant.
The statement does not add 14 and 4. The Edge did, a day earlier. On 14 October The Edge reported sources, and slides from the briefing, calling the effective grid fee 18 sen. The same report said the extra 4 sen runs until the end of 2027 and is then open to a regulatory-period review, which the paper says comes every three years. It describes Regulatory Period 4 as 2025 to 2027, and names the next period, RP5, as 2028 to 2030. The Commission's statement on 15 October confirms the 4 sen and the review. It does not print "end of 2027". It does not print 18 sen.
Our arithmetic is the same addition The Edge's sources made: 14 plus 4 is 18 sen per kilowatt-hour, if both charges land on the same unit. That 18 is not a figure in the statement. The statement also does not say the developer passes the 14 sen through the contract price. A contract can still be written that way. Pass-through is a line in the deal, not a line in the statement.
Savings are not printed. The statement says the briefing covered potential savings against the previous charge, which was open to periodic review. The Edge's 15 October report says the Commission did not put a number on those savings.
Scale. The statement says about 3 gigawatts of projects are in the CRESS pipeline, and it calls that interest, not finished plants. The Edge's 14 October report says it understands that only one CRESS project is far along and under construction, led by HLGY Energy in Kedah with Bridge Data Centres. A pipeline and a plant under construction are different counts. This note does not merge them. The Edge put the briefing room at about 100 people.
The guidelines that write the package into the rulebook are expected by November 2026. Until those pages land, the statement is the public number.
What this is not. It is not a price for panels on your own roof. Power used on the site where it is made sits in a different scheme. This charge is for power that crosses the grid from someone else's plant. The 15 October statement does not restate a battery size. The Edge's 14 October piece still describes the September package as the firm-supply cut from 20 sen to 14 sen. The battery test for that firm label is in the earlier note on firm supply.
Analogy: the 14 sen is the toll on the truck, locked for 10 years once the plant is running. The 4 sen is a separate ticket clipped to the factory's own use, and that ticket can be repriced when the tariff period turns. Adding the toll and the ticket is a sum you can do. The Commission did not print it as one fare.
One solar farm developer told The Edge: "It's a roller-coaster ride." That is a reaction. It is not a rule.
Good: Two named rates, two named parties, a named end date for the developer's rate, and a named review on the buyer's 4 sen.
Bad: No worked bill. No savings number. No guideline text yet. The statement does not say whether a battery at the buyer's site changes the 4 sen.
Ugly: Reading 14 sen as the factory's whole grid fee. Reading 18 sen as an official single rate. Treating 3 GW as power already built. Signing a 10-year energy contract against a 4 sen charge that the statement says moves with the tariff review. The developer's 14 sen is the line the statement locks. The buyer's 4 sen is the line it does not lock.
Soft next step: if a CRESS offer shows one sen figure, ask which party pays the 14 and which party pays the 4, and what happens to the 4 at the next tariff review. Then a short consult at Sovryn Energy /consult if you want those two lines read against the offer.
Source: Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga), 15 Oct 2026 - statement on the CRESS Acceleration Package briefing. Primary for the 13 October Putrajaya briefing with Tenaga Nasional, the Single Buyer and the Grid System Operator, the 18 September 2026 PETRA announcement date, 14 sen/kWh fixed for 10 years from commercial operation for eligible developers, commercial operation by 31 December 2028, a minimum 10-year contract, a separate 4 sen/kWh charge on green consumers tied to the prevailing Regulatory Period 4 tariff and reviewed with the regulated tariff, the 4 sen following the consumer's electricity use and sitting apart from developer costs and the developer system access charge, about 3 GW in the pipeline as interest rather than finished plants, the briefing having covered potential savings against the previous charge, and guideline amendments expected by November 2026. The statement does not print 18 sen, does not print "end of 2027", and does not quantify a saving. The Edge, 15 Oct 2026 - CRESS charges fixed at 14 sen/kWh for developers, four sen for green consumers. Corroborates the statement's 14 sen and 4 sen split, the 10-year developer rate, the 31 December 2028 date, the 10-year contract, the about 3 GW pipeline, and guidelines expected by November. Primary for the line that the Commission did not put a number on the savings. The Edge, 14 Oct 2026 - CRESS grid access charge now 18 sen/kWh after second revision in one month, sources. Primary for the sources-and-slides reading of an effective 18 sen, the extra 4 sen until the end of 2027 then open to a regulatory-period review every three years, Regulatory Period 4 as 2025 to 2027, RP5 as 2028 to 2030, a room of about 100 people, one project understood to be under construction (HLGY Energy in Kedah with Bridge Data Centres), the September firm-supply cut from 20 sen to 14 sen, and the unnamed developer's "roller-coaster ride" line. 14 plus 4 equals 18 is the same addition those sources made. It is not a figure in the 15 October statement. Bernama, 15 Oct 2026 - CRESS charges fixed at 14 sen/kWh for developers, 4 sen for green consumers. Corroborates the Commission's 14 sen and 4 sen split, the 13 October briefing, the 18 September PETRA date, 31 December 2028, the 10-year contract, about 3 GW in the pipeline, and guidelines by November 2026.