The government recommends checking the electricity bill for May 2023

The House of Representatives, May 19-The government recommends checking the electricity bill for May 2023, offering a 4-month discount on electricity bills, using no more than 300 units of electricity, warning fraudsters who falsely claim to collect service fees.

Mr. Anucha Burapachaisri Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs Acting as a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, said that the Cabinet on May 2, 2023, approved measures to alleviate the impact on the public electricity bill. From the energy price situation and in the summer of 2023, the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) approved on May 15, 2023 to use the budget. Help reduce the cost of living for people from high electricity costs by offering a 4-month discount on electricity bills from May to August 2023 to residential electricity users who consume no more than 300 units of electricity per month. and a discount on the electricity bill (additional) for the period of May 2023 in the amount of 150 baht per person for residential electricity users who consume no more than 500 units of electricity per month. Set to be a discount on electricity bills before VAT calculation.

The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has informed that for electricity bills for the month of May 2023 registered and submitted electricity bills on 14-17 May 2023 that do not have a discount, the MEA will improve the system for accepting electricity bills. Electricity users can check their electricity bill balance for May 2023, which has been adjusted in the MEA Smart life application or at all 18 MEA offices. the next month. However, the electricity bill for the month of May 2023 will register the unit on any day between May 14 and June 13, 2023.

Mr. Anucha also said that there was a group of crooks impersonating the MEA or MEA to deceive service charges. outside the MEA offices, including to lure them to online services Or click on various links until there is a risk that the victim loses that property. MEA is concerned about such cases. The method for observing the MEA's SMS is correct, asking the public to observe the sender's name. The name must be specified as "MEA" only. If the sender's name is found as a number, phone number or letter that is not spelled as "MEA", the public should not be fooled by such messages. The MEA confirms that it will not send SMS to with general public Except for those who are doing transactions with the MEA or receiving the MEA e-Bill service only.

To verify the validity of the MEA's use of Line, people can check the accuracy by checking the correctness of the Line name, must be specified as "MEA Connect", specifying the Line id as @meathailand and in front of the name must be There is a green shield symbol. which represents the official status As for the MEA website, people can verify the accuracy by looking at the correctness of the website name. which must be specified as https://www.mea.or.th as well as the MEA confirmed that MEA currently does not have a policy for employees. or employee representative Get paid for electricity or service fee outside the MEA's office as well

The MEA urges the public to be careful when receiving information from communication channels on social media, which may present incorrect information. and confuse the public which the public can see more details Or you can inquire about electricity bills at MEA's various social media channels, including Facebook: Metropolitan Electricity Authority, MEA, Line: @meathailand, Twitter: @mea_news, and MEA Call Center 1130, available 24 hours a day.-News Agency Thai

Source: Thai News Agency