Thai screening board clears 50bn-baht solar plan with Cabinet review expected on Oct 26
Thailand’s screening board has cleared 50,000-baht solar subsidies for one million households, with Cabinet review expected on October 26.
- A Thai screening board has approved a 50-billion-baht proposal to subsidize solar panel installations.
- The plan aims to provide a 50,000-baht subsidy to one million households to help with installation costs.
- The proposal now requires final approval from the Cabinet, which is expected to review it on October 26.
Thailand’s loan-spending screening board has cleared a 50-billion-baht proposal to subsidise solar installations for one million households, with Cabinet consideration expected on Monday (October 26, 2026).
Finance permanent secretary Lavaron Sangsnit, who chairs the screening board, said the Interior Ministry’s proposed programme would provide 50,000 baht per household towards installation costs. The scheme still requires Cabinet approval, according to a report by Krungthep Turakij.
The household solar subsidies would be financed through the energy-transition component, or second part, of the emergency decree authorising the Finance Ministry to borrow 400 billion baht, Lavaron said.
Solar proposal expected before Cabinet on October 26
The Interior Ministry will submit the household solar proposal to the Cabinet, with consideration expected on October 26, Lavaron said. The Cabinet meeting is likely to be brought forward from Tuesday, October 27, ahead of the opposition’s no-confidence debate.
“The Cabinet meeting is likely to be brought forward to Monday, October 26, because the opposition parties’ no-confidence debate is due to begin on October 27. The government has set aside October 27–30 for the debate,” Lavaron said.
Lavaron outlines scrutiny of energy-transition projects
Lavaron said energy-transition projects financed under the borrowing decree had undergone careful and rigorous examination.
Former energy permanent secretary Kulit Sombatsiri chairs the subcommittee reviewing energy-transition projects, Lavaron said. The subcommittee had questioned project proposals and examined their details closely.
Lavaron said the scrutiny was intended to build confidence in projects that passed the review, maximise their benefits and ensure the borrowed funds were spent for their intended purposes.
