Overview of the Electricity Sector

Power Plants

These are run by power generation companies, who produce and sell electricity to retailers.

POWER GRID

SP PowerAssets owns the national transmission and distribution system, which delivers electricity island-wide.

Electricity Retailers

These companies buy electricity from the wholesale market and sell it to “contestable” consumers such as commercial and industrial users, who are able to choose where to buy their electricity from.

MARKET SUPPORT SERVICE LICENSEE

SP Services sells electricity to "non-contestable" customers such as small industrial and commercial consumers and households.

CONTESTABLE CONSUMERS NON-CONTESTABLE CONSUMERS

Industrial And Commercial Consumers

Mainly Household Users

INDUSTRY REGULATOR / DEVELOPER & SYSTEM OPERATOR

EMA is the regulator and developer of Singapore's electricity, gas and district cooling industries. EMA also serves as the Power System Operator.

Market Operator

The Energy Market Company operates Singapore's wholesale electricity market, the National Energy Market of Singapore, which is Asia's first liberalised electricity market.

Town Gas Producer

City Gas is the town gas producer. Town gas is produced mainly for cooking and water heating for use by households and commercial users.