"electricity"

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered all government agencies to reduce their energy usage by 20 per cent as Thailand struggles with the fuel price crisis.

Union Minister U Aung Naing Oo said that power lines will be built across the China-Myanmar border.

A Phitsanulok man has described how he reduced his electricity bill to only 44 baht per month, in a Facebook post that electrified social media.

Suttipong Chalermkiat, assistant governor in charge of EGAT’s Corporate Strategy, said on Sunday that registrations for the “Clean Your Air, Care Your Life” project will be accepted from Monday morning via www.egat.co.th.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) recently listed the top 10 power consumers at home and offered tips on what people can do to reduce their electricity bills.

The workforce powering China's electricity network

The Thailand Consumer Council called on the Energy Ministry on Monday to put the brakes on the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)’s plan to implement a higher “float time or FT” rate as it will “unnecessarily” push up household electricity bills.

Fuel prices will be gradually raised from May following the increase in global energy prices due to fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war, the Energy Regulatory Commission said on Monday.

The diesel price will be capped at Bt30 per litre until the end of May while households using less than 300 units (Bt1,200) per month will continue to get help with electricity bills, according to the government.

A cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved a waiver of excise tax for B0 diesel (diesel with less than 0.005 per cent of sulfur) and fuel oil used in electricity generation until September 15.

Even before President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 164 adding nuclear energy to the country’s power source mix, several countries had already offered to help the Philippines find a way to reduce the cost of electricity.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Friday decided to increase the electricity tariff rate by 0.139 baht per unit between January and April next year. This will make it more expensive by 4.63 per cent which will be 3.78 baht for each unit on average.