The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) is urging the federal government to contemplate lowering the fuel tariff (Ft) amid mounting complaints about excessive electricity bills while suggesting that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) promote the utilization of home photo voltaic panels to assist tackle the problem.
Itthaboon Onwongsa, TCC deputy secretary, noted throughout a seminar discussing recent will increase in power prices, that the means in which Thailand generates its electricity is partly responsible for the latest spikes observed by households and industries.
Onwongsa defined that the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), regardless of its title, solely produces roughly 34-35% of the electrical energy used in the country. The remaining electrical energy needs to be bought from numerous non-public firms, which Egat then resells to the Metropolitan Electricity Authority and Provincial Electricity Authority.
“The government must evaluation its contracts with personal firms, and in the meantime, it should name off the construction of recent non-public energy crops,” Onwongsa stated.
Prasat Meetam, president of the Sub-Committee for Public Services, Energy and Environment, pointed out that Thailand critiques the Ft rate once each 4 months, whereas Malaysia does this every month, stories Bangkok Post.
“ Official for a 500-kilowatt hour [unit] in Thailand is 2,638 baht, while in Malaysia, it is just round 1,292 baht,” he stated.
The TCC additionally referred to as on the federal government to take immediate action to minimize back power payments. It stated the Office of the Energy Regulatory Commission should base its Ft rate calculation on actual utilization as an alternative of forecast usage.
Additionally, the Ministry of Energy ought to restructure the value of fuel used for electricity era in the country by together with the amount of fuel supplied to Gas Separation Plants (GSPs) and the petrochemical business. The TCC claims doing so might convey down the rate to zero.23-0.25 baht per unit, saving round 40-50 billion baht per year.
The TCC additionally suggested the Energy Ministry order PTT Plc to subsidize Egat’s natural gas supply using revenues from the GSPs.
The ERC ought to promote solar panels at house and encourage users to allow “net metering,” a software that “stores” the excess vitality produced.
Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut, a member of the Sub-Committee for Public Services, Energy and Environment, mentioned electricity overproduction in Thailand stems from the Loss of Load Expectation (LOLE).
The commonplace LOLE is 24 hours per yr, but Thailand’s rate is 16.eight hours per yr..