MEA enhances electricity distribution system
With power system control centre and underground transmission tunnel
ACM Anon Jarayapant, Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), together with other board members, was welcomed by MEA Governor Somchai Roadrungwasinkul and MEA executives during his recent visit to MEA’s power system control center.
The visitors observed operations at the control center, which is responsible for distributing control power to city areas including Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan provinces in
a safe and e_cient manner.
They were briefed about MEA’s preparations and contingency plans for both normal and emergency situations. The MEA board members also visited an underground built for 230,000
volt transmission line which is 2.60 meters in diameter, 7 kilometres long and 30 metres deep, between the terminal stations of Bangkapi and Chidlom.
The tunnel runs underneath the San Saeb canal line, the MRTA tunnel and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s drainage tunnel. The tunnel for 230,000 volt transmission line will facilitate the distribution of high-voltage power to meet the electricity demands of Bangkok’s central business districts that are expanding continuously.
