Electricity bills cut by 3% to ease virus burden

By THE NATION

 

 

The Energy Regulatory Committee has ordered three state electricity authorities to cut electricity bills by three per cent for all types of consumers for the next three months.

 

The reduction will be valid from this month until June, said ERC secretary-general Khomgrich Tantravanich today (April 2).

 

The move is in response to the government's policy to ease living costs and cut overheads for businesses suffering from the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

The regulator also waived the minimum charge for consumer categories 3,4,5,6 and 7 from this month to June.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30385280

 

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oh wow - a glorious 300THB reduction on my monthly bill. How benevolent.  Considering the fact that we're about to enter the hottest time of the year,,,,,

Didn't have it on my bill !

Considering the drop in natural gas and oil prices which Thailand to a good part uses for energy generation, 3% doesn't seem much. Their profit margin probably still increased even after this consumer price drop. For end consumers 3% will make no noticable difference. I guess larger consumers will be happy though.

 

  

4 minutes ago, bubblegum said:

Didn't have it on my bill !

Maybe because the month just started, your last bill was for March and the rebate only starts in April? Just a wild guess.

Edited April 2, 20206 yr by eisfeld

11 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

oh wow - a glorious 300THB reduction on my monthly bill. How benevolent.  Considering the fact that we're about to enter the hottest time of the year,,,,,

 

Well, you won't be needing it to buy beer!

15 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

oh wow - a glorious 300THB reduction on my monthly bill. How benevolent.  Considering the fact that we're about to enter the hottest time of the yea

Your electric bill is 10,000 baht a month.....

Received my March bill a few days back. The rate had increased by about 2%. So, the promised decrease of 3% for next month sounds like a trick that shady sellers use just before the annual sales start.

 

Thanks a bunch!!

18 minutes ago, NE1 said:

Your electric bill is 10,000 baht a month.....

Im heartened by the fact you passed elementary maths.
Yes - I live in a large house because I have a very large family.

7 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

Im heartened by the fact you passed elementary maths.
Yes - I live in a large house because I have a very large family.

I am not doubting you or anything like that , I was just a little shocked by the size of your bill.

Mine is around the 3,000 baht a month , I thought that was high.

3% .. that's about 450 baht for me. Almost a box of beer. I'll take it, thanks.

1 hour ago, bubblegum said:

Didn't have it on my bill !

Which seems logical to me since it starts this month: April;

and you tell us about your latest bill, that of March

 

" The regulator also waived the minimum charge for consumer categories 3,4,5,6 and 7 from this month to June."

 

 

1 hour ago, dabhand said:

Received my March bill a few days back. The rate had increased by about 2%. So, the promised decrease of 3% for next month sounds like a trick that shady sellers use just before the annual sales start.

 

Thanks a bunch!!

 

Considering that the PEA tariffs have until now not changed since November 2018... where are you buying your electricity from that you saw a 2% increase?

Fantastic ~ 240 Baht a month, note to self:- buy PTT shares! they are making a killing!

2 minutes ago, CGW said:

Fantastic ~ 240 Baht a month, note to self:- buy PTT shares! they are making a killing!

They are up over 10% since the beginning of the month.

3% is not much but something, ever little bit helps those who don't earn much.  Saves me 54 baht on the electric bill, add 10 baht or so and I can get a bottle of Leo!  

good pocket money for 90% of apartment owners still illegally charging 8-10 baht a unit

2 hours ago, NE1 said:

Your electric bill is 10,000 baht a month.....

 

2 hours ago, eeworldwide said:

Im heartened by the fact you passed elementary maths.
Yes - I live in a large house because I have a very large family.

 

2 hours ago, NE1 said:

I am not doubting you or anything like that , I was just a little shocked by the size of your bill.

Mine is around the 3,000 baht a month , I thought that was high.

A civil reply to a snarky taunt.

3%, not 5, no exaggeration, not 2 either, that'd be stingy... Everybody in the committee agrees? OK, let's go for lunch now. Oh, what a bunch!

3 hours ago, eeworldwide said:

oh wow - a glorious 300THB reduction on my monthly bill. How benevolent.  Considering the fact that we're about to enter the hottest time of the year,,,,,

Wow a 10,000 baht electricity bill, holy cow.  I have a 165 sqm condo and my bill with 4 Acs running a good portion f the day and my electric water heaters is only 5,000 baht. What the heck do you run to spend that much....

6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wow a 10,000 baht electricity bill, holy cow.  I have a 165 sqm condo and my bill with 4 Acs running a good portion f the day and my electric water heaters is only 5,000 baht. What the heck do you run to spend that much....

A house with pool pumps, a bunch of aircons etc? I know of a few people with 7k or 8k bills and they don't even have a big family in there.

7 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wow a 10,000 baht electricity bill, holy cow.  I have a 165 sqm condo and my bill with 4 Acs running a good portion f the day and my electric water heaters is only 5,000 baht. What the heck do you run to spend that much....

Houses are typically 180-240 sqm and villas up from that. 6-10 ACs, lots of other goodies, it adds up.

1 minute ago, eisfeld said:

A house with pool pumps, a bunch of aircons etc? I know of a few people with 7k or 8k bills and they don't even have a big family in there.

Darn, I have a family of 4 so, 8 showers a day, the stove a glass top electric, and the refrigerator and freezer, and the hot tub burn an average of 5,000 baht, plus that includes my wine refrigerator and the air purifiers which run 24/7.  I guess I can count myself lucky, of course whoopee a 150 baht discount, in these Covid times......

 

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Darn, I have a family of 4 so, 8 showers a day, the stove a glass top electric, and the refrigerator and freezer, and the hot tub burn an average of 5,000 baht, plus that includes my wine refrigerator and the air purifiers which run 24/7.  I guess I can count myself lucky, of course whoopee a 150 baht discount, in these Covid times......

 

No AC?

3 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Houses are typically 180-240 sqm and villas up from that. 6-10 ACs, lots of other goodies, it adds up.

I guess so, my condo is a 3 bedroom, and only a single story penthouse, so yes, a 2 story home would burn electricity.  My house in the US, during the summer would run about 20,000 baht now that I think of it.  Winter half that as the wood stove and heater would be on, but my propane bill was also 6,000 baht a month

3 minutes ago, lust said:

No AC?

yes, I have 4 AC's that run pretty much 24/7

 

Edited April 2, 20206 yr by ThailandRyan

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

yes, I have 4 AC's that run pretty much 24/7

 

I don’t understand. How?

 

My bill is consistently around the 3,000baht mark using 1 AC in the bedroom. It’s new and inverter. 1 floor fan 24/7, and another bigger fan for half the day. If I turned on 4 AC’s 24/7 my bill would be +10,000/month

3 minutes ago, lust said:

I don’t understand. How?

 

My bill is consistently around the 3,000baht mark using 1 AC in the bedroom. It’s new and inverter. 1 floor fan 24/7, and another bigger fan for half the day. If I turned on 4 AC’s 24/7 my bill would be +10,000/month

Not sure, how I manage it, maybe because I run them at 26, and keep the house at an average of 27.  no floor fan's, just 2 Xiomi  Pro Air purifiers, and we do keep the lights off most of the time because its a penthouse.  All lights are led's, and my PM 2.5 is at 11 right now as I write this.  I also have a washer and dryer in the condo. the dryer runs once a day as we do 1 load a day to keep up. 2 adults and 2 kids, aged 6 and 9.

 

Edited April 2, 20206 yr by ThailandRyan

Beware greedy landlords if you're renting. They will lie through their teeth to keep that 3%.

3 hours ago, eeworldwide said:

oh wow - a glorious 300THB reduction on my monthly bill. How benevolent.  Considering the fact that we're about to enter the hottest time of the year,,,,,

To be fair, the price cut is not aimed at helping people like you and I (people who can afford to run up a 10,000 baht bill - or in my case 6,000 baht).

 

Personally, I think they should not cut everyone's bills by 3% but find a way to give more help to those that need it most. As you indicate, 300 baht means little to us - we don't need it.

 

The good news is that some less well off people, who have no aircons, swimming pools, etc., will not have to pay anything at all if their consumption is too low to meet the minimum charge.

 

Every baht saved is appreciated by those people.

I have 8 aircons, a fully equipped recording studio a fully functioning kitchen and 4 kids. Fridges and water-coolers and ovens and tvs etc etc  - it all adds up.