The Energy Minister, Sontirat Sontijirawong, says a meeting of the cabinet ministers today acknowledged measures to reduce electricity bills for some 22 million households for three months, from March to May this year, with a budget of about 23 billion baht. The Ministry of Energy resolved that households with a power meter size up to five amperes will be able …

The Energy Ministry confirmed the private sector’s call for it to reduce the price of electricity by 5 per cent for large enterprises and is looking into what can be done to help them, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong has said. He added that initially the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had told the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the …

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said Monday that power interruptions may be expected in the dry season because of the predicted power supply shortage in the coming months. Given the high demand and low supply, one-hour power interruptions could be expected in April and May, according to NEA administrator Edgardo Masongsong. He was referring to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), …