There was no element of negligence in the major power outage that affected several areas across the peninsula on July 27, 2022, caused by a tripping incident at the Yong Peng North main intake substation (PMU) in Johor.

The Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Ministry said this was the finding of an investigation committee comprising independent technical experts formed by the Energy Commission.

The Yong Peng North PMU has been operating since 1987 and...