Strengthening Regional Cooperation for ASEAN’s Energy Security and Decarbonisation
Suruhanjaya Tenaga Chief Executive Officer, Siti Safinah Salleh, participated in the 4th ASEAN Energy Regulatory Forum, joining distinguished regional and international energy leaders for a panel discussion on Regional Interconnectivity for ASEAN’s Energy Security and Decarbonisation.
Moderated by Beni Suryadi, Senior Manager for APAEC and Strategic Partnership at the ASEAN Centre for Energy, the panel featured Emmanuelle Wargon, Chairwoman of Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE); Clare Savage, Chair of the Australian Energy Regulator; Ed Northam, Global Head, Green Investments at Macquarie Asset Management; and Lin Yang, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme at ESCAP.
The discussion highlighted the importance of political commitment, regulatory certainty, market interoperability, equitable cost allocation and sustained regulatory cooperation in supporting greater regional electricity trade and strengthening ASEAN’s energy security.
Sharing Malaysia’s experience, Siti Safinah Salleh underscored the value of adopting a pragmatic and progressive approach by starting with workable arrangements, learning through implementation and scaling progressively, while recognising the respective roles of regulators in providing regulatory certainty and investors in assessing project bankability.
The exchange of perspectives and experiences from ASEAN, Europe and Australia reaffirmed the importance of continued collaboration among regulators, policymakers, system operators, investors and other stakeholders in advancing a secure, interconnected and sustainable regional energy system.
As ASEAN advances the ASEAN Power Grid, Suruhanjaya Tenaga remains committed to supporting constructive regional cooperation and regulatory dialogue towards practical and scalable cross-border electricity arrangements.
