Electric bills set to increase from January 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that Thailand will face an increase in charges for electricity from the start of next year.

 

The FT rate is being revised from -11.60 to -15.90 satang.

 

This means that prices will rise by 4.3 satang per electrical unit.

 

Average pretax prices will thus be 3.6396 baht per unit.

 

The changes to the FT rate relate to the period from January to April 2019.

 

Increased costs of fuel used in generating electricity are to blame.  

 

Source: Sanook

 

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The FT rate is being revised from -11.60 to -15.90 satang.

That is incorrect

 

The Ft rate is actually being revised from -15.90 satang to -11.60 satang.

 

This is shocking.

Is this live news?

It's brought me down to earth.

Currently my bills are enough already.

They really want to 'sock-it' to us.

I think I'll pull the plug on Thailand.

21 minutes ago, CelticBhoy said:

This is shocking.

Is this live news?

It's brought me down to earth.

Currently my bills are enough already.

They really want to 'sock-it' to us.

I think I'll pull the plug on Thailand.

You must be really wired to post that. You should insulate yourself more and be more direct rather than write alternating and shocking responses.

13 minutes ago, overherebc said:

You must be really wired to post that. You should insulate yourself more and be more direct rather than write alternating and shocking responses.

Put a plug in it, overherb.

I'll be grounded at these prices.

Don't 'pile-on' the pressure.

Cost me a fortune to listen to AC/DC now.

 

I thought the current official taxed rate for electricity was  ฿4.5 per kilowatt hour?

2 minutes ago, CelticBhoy said:

Put a plug in it, overherb.

I'll be grounded at these prices.

Don't 'pile-on' the pressure.

Cost me a fortune to listen to AC/DC now.

So now we're lead-ing up to a battery of posts that are definately direct and don't try to add any more acidic comments. You could end up flat and unable to start anything.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

This means that prices will rise by 4.3 satang per electrical unit

an this is a rise? Really nothing to write about uh....

1 minute ago, overherebc said:

So now we're lead-ing up to a battery of posts that are definately direct and don't try to add any more acidic comments. You could end up flat and unable to start anything.

Guilty as charged.

I'll be more positive in future.

Enough of the negativity.

Try to be neutral as you look on.

I feel we are poles apart.

12 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

I thought the current official taxed rate for electricity was  ฿4.5 per kilowatt hour?

It's variable depending on how many KWh are used.

MEA rates for info (PEA same prices)  http://www.mea.or.th/en/profile/109/111

 

These rates are exclusive of Ft and 7% Tax

 

 

6 minutes ago, CelticBhoy said:

Guilty as charged.

I'll be more positive in future.

Enough of the negativity.

Try to be neutral as you look on.

I feel we are poles apart.

You know of course that I'm not well connected and rely! on my magnetic personality, however, I can switch that on and off and people say I blow a fuse too easily.

I just  calculated...

 

My Thai bill against my  Aussie bill.

 

As posters may or may not realize there is a heck of a lot of controversy about the cost in Oz of energy..and rightly so..

 

Nevertheless my  Aussie bill is smaller and that does not take into account the numerous blackouts sustained under Thailand 4.0.

Forget about the useless water supply..

 

At the moment it stands at Australia..7,500 baht per 3 months..

Thailand-4,200 baht per one month.

Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Odysseus123

Higher price! I look forward to the great improvements in electricity supply!

47 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

I thought the current official taxed rate for electricity was  ฿4.5 per kilowatt hour?

 

My last bill was ฿4.04 per kWh - pretax. I wish I could get the ฿3.6396 they say will be average after the price rise.

28 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

I just  calculated...

 

My Thai bill against my  Aussie bill.

 

As posters may or may not realize there is a heck of a lot of controversy about the cost in Oz of energy..and rightly so..

 

Nevertheless my  Aussie bill is smaller and that does not take into account the numerous blackouts sustained under Thailand 4.0.

Forget about the useless water supply..

 

At the moment it stands at Australia..7,500 baht per 3 months..

Thailand-4,200 baht per one month.

But do you use air conditioning much? That nearly doubles my bill. I never used air conditioning in Australia, in SE Queensland. I didn't even have it. Fans were sufficient in summer.

 

Let's compare another country in SE Asia. Philippines - my last bill was 13.06 PHP per kWh, which is 8.11 THB per kWh. nearly double. Paying that much my current bill would have been 6850 baht. From my perspective, electricity is a bargain in Thailand.

 

I get few blackouts here, but over there they are regular and constant.

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

At the moment it stands at Australia..7,500 baht per 3 months..

Thailand-4,200 baht per one month.

Really means nothing unless you also quote the Kwh used in each case.

2 hours ago, overherebc said:

You know of course that I'm not well connected and rely! on my magnetic personality, however, I can switch that on and off and people say I blow a fuse too easily.

you 2 guys need to be charged and put in a dry cell. And if they lock you up for a long time you can call it ohm away from ohm. Don't put up any resistance when arrested. I know watt they will do.

Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Dazinoz

2 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

My Thai bill against my  Aussie bill.

At the moment it stands at Australia..7,500 baht per 3 months..

Thailand-4,200 baht per one month.

Very funny...what are you comparing? You are comparing apples with oranges ????

 

Is this in line with the payrise that everyone will be receiving so the masses can keep their head above water. 

26 minutes ago, andre47 said:

Very funny...what are you comparing? You are comparing apples with oranges ????

 

Nope..I am comparing electricity bills..

 

First world country..to third word world-sans the local supply blowing up on a regular basis.

 

Comprende compadre?

 

i am not into oriental fantasies on a regular basis.

Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Odysseus123

1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said:

Nope..I am comparing electricity bills..

 

First world country..to third word world-sans the local supply bowing up on a regular basis.

 

Comprende compadre?

If your comparison should make any sense you should compare your consumption (kwh) and even then....Australia is large...where in Australia? How is the temperature? (aircon) How many people are living here and there?

You can only compare the cost per kwh but not the final amount of your bill.

4 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

This is shocking.

Is this live news?

It's brought me down to earth.

Currently my bills are enough already.

They really want to 'sock-it' to us.

I think I'll pull the plug on Thailand.

If 4.3 satangs per unit put you over the edge, my heart goes out to you. That is about 40 baht per month on a 3000 baht bill. Inflation is rampant everywhere, despite what the Liars are telling us. So a minor increase is a reasonable thing. 

Build more dams and reservour's. Increase coal fired power plants and build more shopping malls.

Who needs solar power and a giant battery like Elon Musk built in Australia.

2 minutes ago, andre47 said:

If your comparison should make any sense you should compare your consumption (kwh) and even then....Australia is large...where in Australia? How is the temperature? (aircon) How many people are living here and there?

You can only compare the cost per kwh but not the final amount of your bill.

Keep on comparing persimmons to kiwi fruit if you please..keep on scrambling.

 

Meanwhile..my gawd..the power has gone off with a blam at the end of the soi...3rd world nightmare,as usual.

 

Oriental fantasy.These people could not run a booze up in a brewery.

5 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Keep on comparing persimmons to kiwi fruit if you please..keep on scrambling.

 

Meanwhile..my gawd..the power has gone off with a blam at the end of the soi...3rd world nightmare,as usual.

 

Oriental fantasy.These people could not run a booze up in a brewery.

What did you smoke? It must be good stuff ????

 

9 minutes ago, andre47 said:

What did you smoke? It must be good stuff ????

 

Yep-nothin' like a decent toke of reality.

 

Can't have that can we?

Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Odysseus123

As I received my first electric bill last month can someone explain what the FT rate is.

3 hours ago, tropo said:

But do you use air conditioning much? That nearly doubles my bill. I never used air conditioning in Australia, in SE Queensland. I didn't even have it. Fans were sufficient in summer.

 

Let's compare another country in SE Asia. Philippines - my last bill was 13.06 PHP per kWh, which is 8.11 THB per kWh. nearly double. Paying that much my current bill would have been 6850 baht. From my perspective, electricity is a bargain in Thailand.

 

I get few blackouts here, but over there they are regular and constant.

An intelligent post.

 

Appliances are higher but air con lower.

 

The transformer has never blown up at the end of my street-altho' it regularly discombobulates at the end of my soi.

 

Nothing better than being without power and water-it is good for the Buddhist soul-living opposite a major.thriving regional city.

 

Once again..these people could not run a moderately tipsy booze up in a brewery..

 

 

 

 

As I received my first electric bill last month can someone explain what the FT rate is.

FT is the Fuel Tarrif...as a lot of electricity is produced using gas and oil the tariff raises and falls depending on oil price...though very delayed as the pre buy and have reserves...+ - government subsidies.

5 hours ago, ThaidDown said:

That is incorrect

 

The Ft rate is actually being revised from -15.90 satang to -11.60 satang.

 

And for most people with a monthly bill of around 2500, it will represent an increase of 25 to 30 baht.  Not quite the terrible news some posters were expecting on reading the article, which could not even get the figures the correct way round, since as a previous poster pointed out, the current FT (deduction) rate is 15.90 to be reduced to 11.60, thereby representing a small increase in the bill.