%K Cogeneration plants; Public utilities, Chilled water; Cogeneration systems; Comparative evaluations; Comparative studies; Economic comparisons; Failure frequency; Net present value, Economic analysis %X The paper presents an economic comparative study on the electricity and chilled water generation between using cogeneration system and public utility. A comparative evaluation using Net Present Value method was adopted in this study. The study shows that using cogeneration system is economically feasible compared to PU if the failure frequency per year is 5 or less. © 2014 Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences. %D 2014 %R 10.1051/matecconf/20141302008 %O cited By 3; Conference of 4th International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability, ICPER 2014 ; Conference Date: 3 June 2014 Through 5 June 2014; Conference Code:106620 %L scholars5061 %J MATEC Web of Conferences %C Kuala Lumpur %T Economic comparison of power and chilled water generation by cogeneration system and public utility %A A. Nordin %A M.A. Abd Majid %I EDP Sciences %V 13