MPIA hosted the 5th ASEAN Smart Grid Congress (ASGC 5) in December 2019, which was attended by delegates from all 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan and the United States, including those from ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), New Energy Development Organisations (NEDO) of Japan, Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) and Energy Commission (ST) of Malaysia.