Bangkok 23 Mar-Vice President of the Federation of Thai Industries Revealing disappointment in the new electricity bill Ask why people pay more.

Mr. Isaret Rattanadilok Na Phuket, vice chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) admitted that he was disappointed with the ERC resolution. That knocked on the FT fee for the period May – August 2023 at 98.27 satang / unit, causing the public - the business sector to pay electricity at a single rate of 4.77 baht per unit, which resulted in a decrease in the electricity cost of the business sector by 56 satang per unit. unit But the house electricity cost has increased by 5 satang/unit from the original 4.72 baht/unit.

"New electricity bill did not help the household at all Why do households have to pay more? From the beginning, despite the May-August cycle, the direction of world energy prices tends to decrease, why the government does not price assumption adjustment to be more positive for consumers In addition, this period The decrease in FT is mainly due to external factors such as the baht and global energy prices. There is no structural problem solving mechanism. And look for other alternatives besides increasing gas in the Gulf of Thailand, ”said Issares.

However, until now, there has not been a 3-party joint committee consisting of the Ministry of Energy, the ERC and the ERC as discussed in late January. Prices come down and use the same price for the whole household, but the ERC still uses the energy cost assumption at Conservative to calculate the electricity bill. It also expedite the return of debt to too much EGAT in spite of the low energy price period therefore saw that there should be a way out of debt EGAT more and views that the government should lower the F value for both households and businesses. to reduce the burden of the people and the competitive situation of the business sector during the global economic recession.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency