Malaysia’s largest electricity utility is deepening its relationship with Trilliant to accelerate smart meter deployment. Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is extending its partnership with Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) specialist Trilliant as the energy utility, a major player in the Asian market, pushes forward with smart meter deployment to meet its national energy transition vision.

TNB and Trilliant first partnered in 2017 to support the utility company’s nationwide plan for smart meter deployment, along with a joint go-to-market strategy to deliver communications solutions to utilities across Asia Pacific. The partnership supports TNB in its smart meter deployment and provides access to Trilliant’s AMI network technology and a five-year maintenance and support agreement.

Through their collaboration, Trilliant’s solutions have helped TNB improve billing efficiency, enhance forecasting and planning, and improve outage management.

“We value our longstanding partnership with TNB and are honoured to continue our work to support them as they progress towards their goals and innovative energy transition vision,” said Trilliant Chairman and CEO Andrew White. “Our organisations share a vision to drive positive change for a cleaner and more sustainable future. We’re proud to be a part of their journey as they advance the region towards Net Zero.”

“The urgency to accelerate energy transition is undeniable, and we cannot embark on this journey alone. We seek strategic partnerships with like-minded organisations like Trilliant, where complementary expertise coalesces to drive innovation. Together, we will forge an energy ecosystem that is deeply integrated, customer-centric, smart, hyper-connected, agile, and responsive to the sustainability challenges ahead,” said Dato’ Seri Ir. Baharin Din, President and CEO of Tenaga Nasional Berhad.

“Embracing the transformative power of technology and innovation, we are steadfastly modernising our digital foundations to seamlessly align with our energy transition strategy. This strategy is designed to tackle the energy trilemma across the value chain, fulfilling our commitment to sustainability and fostering business growth. Simultaneously, we are venturing into uncharted territories within the energy transition space, unwavering in our pursuit to accelerate generation decarbonisation, develop flexible and cross-border grid and empower cross-sector electrification and prosumers,” added Baharin.

“TNB understands the significance of data, and our technology has provided them the ability to make timely, data-driven decisions, which in turn optimises grid availability, reliability and planning — all while enabling advanced applications such as time-of-use rates, prepaid metering and demand response,” said Eugene Loke, Managing Director, APAC, at Trilliant. “Trilliant’s solutions efficiently and securely support organisations that are facing the energy transition, no matter where they are in their journey. We’re proud to work with innovative leaders like TNB, strengthening their strategies and helping them to achieve their objectives.”