Egat power purchase plan for South delayed
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A plan to acquire additional electricity from Malaysia to cope with the shortage in South may have to be delayed until next year due to continuing violence in the region, an official at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said yesterda
The 1,320-kilovolt will be delivered to a power station in Narathiwat’s Sungai-Kolok district, in addition to another supply purchased from Malaysia, which is currently being delivered to a power station in Songkhla’s Sadao district, said Worraphoj In-thong. Another supply is also planned from Narathiwat to Sungai-Kolok, which could help with the shortage. However, the plan may have to be delayed until 2015.
Egat has assigned 13 generators for Pattani and Narathiwat.
