The Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA) has announced an overhaul of Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s (TNB) Green Electricity Tariff (GET) programme, reducing the premium rate by up to 80% and introducing a streamlined pricing structure that takes effect on 1 July 2025. It also introduced the new GET Greenpath initiative that’s tailored to meet the sustainability reporting needs of data centres and industrial users.
For those who aren’t familiar, the GET programme was first introduced in 2021 as a national initiative to promote renewable energy. Subscribers are given the option to purchase low carbon electricity supply without having to install their own renewable energy installations (solar rooftop or others). These are generated by solar power plants under the Large-Scale Solar (LSS) Programme, TNB’s (or its subsidiary’s) hydropower stations, as well as any other renewable energy plants which may be approved by the Energy Commission from time to time.
Subscribers receive Malaysia Renewable Energy Certificates (mRECs) as proof of their clean energy consumption, a critical element for environmental disclosures and emissions accounting. According to PETRA, the GET programme has so far supplied over 10,500 gigawatt-hours of green electricity to more than 3,500 users.
Under the revised GET structure, all categories of users (residential, commercial, and industrial) will now pay a flat premium of five sen per kilowatt hour (kWh) for a one-year commitment, four sen/kWh for two years, and three sen/kWh for a three-year subscription. This simplifies the previous tiered model which charged domestic users 10 sen/kWh and up to 20 sen/kWh for higher-voltage customers.
To ease the transition, PETRA is allowing existing GET subscribers to opt out of their current contracts without penalty until 31 August 2025. The ministry also confirmed that users will continue to be exempt from fuel surcharge adjustments under the new Automatic Fuel Adjustment (AFA) mechanism, which replaced the Imbalance Cost Pass-Through (ICPT) system on 1 July 2025.
The newly introduced GET Greenpath, on the other hand, is introduced to support the growing demand for transparent and certifiable green electricity, especially in sectors such as data centres and high-energy industries. This will be available for subscription starting 1 August 2025, enabling tenants of bulk-metered premises to register and receive RECs proportional to their green power consumption. PETRA notes that a small administrative charge of 0.2 sen/kWh will apply to cover REC issuance and programme management costs.
Subscriptions and renewals for both GET and GET Greenpath programmes can be made through TNB’s official website or at any Kedai Tenaga outlet. Applications for new subscribers are currently being accepted for both residential and business customers until 31 December 2025. For a detailed step-by-step guide on how to subscribe to GET can be found here.
(Source: PETRA, via Facebook)
