TV campaign to help cut power use
The Energy Ministry will air a television campaign about saving electricity on April 10, from 2pm to 3pm.
In the programme, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will turn off one bulb at Government House to make a symbolic start, after which other government agencies will follow suit.
A giant screen will show a graph line illustrating how elec?tricity consumption drops dur?ing the TV campaign also, according to deputy govern?ment spokesman Pakdiharn Himathongkham.
“People will then be able to see clear results,” he said.
The campaign follows a move by the Cabinet to reduce electricity consumption by 10 per cent.
“We have to prevent the risk of power blackout,” Pakdiharn said.
The risk will come between April 8 and April 17 when Myanmar’s Yetagun field will be unable to supply natural gas to Thailand because related facil?ities will be undergoing main?tenance.
“During that period, we have to find alternative sources of fuel,” the spokesman explained.
To ease the burden, Pakdiharn said the Energy Ministry decided to conduct the campaign on April 10.
He said Cabinet members had started saving energy by removing their jackets and set?ting air-conditioners at 25 degrees Celsius when they attended the Cabinet meeting yesterday.
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