摘要：Energy subsidy is an important assistance to improve households’ wellbeing. It can be seen that the most significant amounts of subsidy go to energy subsidy. However, misallocation of energy subsidy may lead to over consumption and cause national deficit and eventually lead the country to bankruptcy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine who is the deserve subsidy recipient and which type of energy should subsidy be given. The study used cross sectional data collected from 385 respondents in each Sabah and Sarawak respectively using open-ended questionnaire. The study looked into the proportion of energy expenditure over monthly income, energy consumption pattern and calculating the cost of over consumption based on location and income groups. The findings showed that energy expenditure was the third largest usage over monthly income. The energy consumption pattern referred to multiple fuel model where households preferred to use combination of energy. The highest cost of over consumption in Sabah accounted to electricity meanwhile households in Sarawak led the most wastage in diesel consumption.
关键词：Energy subsidy; Monthly expenditure; Consumption pattern; Cost of over consumption; Malaysia
