No brownout or blackout: EGAT
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Expecting the new power peak of 26,600 megawatt on April 5, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand reassured the public that there will be no power brownout or blackout on the day.
No brownout or blackout: EGAT
Expecting the new power peak of 26,600 megawatt on April 5, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand reassured the public that there will be no power brownout or blackout on the day.
Egat Spokesman Pongdit Potejana said that thanks to cooperation from the public sector and the industrial sector, power reserve on the day would be about 1,660MW. Reserve during April 9-10 would then be about 1,400MW.
"The reserve is sufficient and the public need not to be worried over a brownout or blackout, following the natural gas supply disruption during the period," he said.
Earlier, EGAT expected the power usage to peak at 27,000 on the day, when temperature is expected to be the highest this year. Some industrial plants will be closed on the day including Toyota Motor Thailand's 3 plants, to help boost the reserve.
As the supply of natural gas from the Yadana gas field in Myanmar will be cut off during the period for annual maintenance, six power plants in Thailand depending on the supply will be affected. Some of them will switch from natural gas to diesel or bunker oil.
