How Much Do You Pay For Electricity Per Month?

[dotcom]

Just checked the latest power bill. Worked out to 3.75 baht a unit.

btw people don't get too excited about how much electricity costs in this country.

I will post an abbreviated list of commodities which big brother sets the price (the old USSR would be proud)

sugar

cooking oil

rice

pork meat

diesel

gasoline (petrol to the cousins)

ELECTRICITY

So world price of oil has little to do with it. cheap COL = VOTES.

btw. Thailand has a boatload of lignite. Horrible dirty fuel but Thailand has lots of it & they burn what they need. Notwithstanding slave labor Yadana gas.

[JetsetBkk]

I agree with you 100%. For years at my house I used to check the price per kw/h. It was always +/- 3.4 baht per kW/h.

Now however I am living with my girlfriend in a condominium. My landlady is very fair. I pay by the meter. Over the last 2 months I see that EGAT has moved to a sliding scale. ergo your first 500 units are charged at a very low rate & subsequent blocks of 500 units get charged at ever higher prices.

It has been a sliding scale for at least 5 years. And it's not the first 500 units that are charged at a lower rate, it's 150. And only about 35% lower - not "very low". Apart from those criticisms, your story is pretty accurate.

3.4 baht/unit is a fair price if the owner doesn't charge as per the bill. My bill works out nearer 3.6.

There are other threads where the number units vs. charge are detailed. And then there's the "standing charge". And "fuel tax". And VAT @ 7%.

[dotcom]

Latest Bill

[dotcom]

Elec Bill

As you can easily see - there is no peak/off peak prices.

The more you use the more you pay. A disincentive scheme. Sod the buggers I can pay.

Anyone concerned about global warming should ensure they don't bring anymore hungry mouths into this world. That's a start & something you can do.

Edited November 27, 2007 by dotcom

[johnnyk]

I agree with you 100%. For years at my house I used to check the price per kw/h. It was always +/- 3.4 baht per kW/h.

Now however I am living with my girlfriend in a condominium. My landlady is very fair. I pay by the meter. Over the last 2 months I see that EGAT has moved to a sliding scale. ergo your first 500 units are charged at a very low rate & subsequent blocks of 500 units get charged at ever higher prices.

It has been a sliding scale for at least 5 years. And it's not the first 500 units that are charged at a lower rate, it's 150. And only about 35% lower - not "very low". Apart from those criticisms, your story is pretty accurate.

3.4 baht/unit is a fair price if the owner doesn't charge as per the bill. My bill works out nearer 3.6.

There are other threads where the number units vs. charge are detailed. And then there's the "standing charge". And "fuel tax". And VAT @ 7%.

I think this may be the figure I'm looking for.

Can anyone tell me where it is on the bill or how much it is (if its the same for everyone).

Thanks.

[dotcom]

Click on my link. Unable to upload a picture to this website.

In fact the first 150 units are 1.8 baht a unit.

To assist the POOR. The POOR vote too you know. Creeping socialism. Bites. Jetset I don't really like your tone bud.

Here is big brothers posted rates. Ha ha ha from you.

Can't remember where I got this from - "Thailand Electricity Tariff" pdf file.

The current FT is 0.6842 baht/unit.

ergo EGAT tarrifs is pure BS.

EGAT_tarrifs.pdf

Edited November 27, 2007 by dotcom

[JetsetBkk]

I think this may be the figure I'm looking for.

Can anyone tell me where it is on the bill or how much it is (if its the same for everyone).

Thanks.

Most people on this forum use more than 150 units - so it's the bottom set of figures that are relevant for them. But for your incredibly small bill for 88 units, it's the top set:

The first baht figure in your bill already has the standing charge of 8.19 baht added (199.71). Compare that to your home country's standing charge! (In the UK it was about 1500 baht).

The FT (fuel tax) charge is currently 0.6611 baht per unit, so that gets added next (58.18 baht).

Then there's the total so far followed by VAT at 7%.

Add those two up to get the final bill.

[JetsetBkk]

As you can easily see - there is no peak/off peak prices.

That's because you're on the "Monthly Rate", not the "Time Of Use Rate" (TOU):

Click on my link. Unable to upload a picture to this website.

Don't sweat it - I've sorted it for you.

In fact the first 150 units are 1.8 baht a unit.

To assist the POOR. The POOR vote too you know. Creeping socialism. Bites. Jetset I don't really like your tone bud.

I can assure you, the feeling's mutual.

ergo EGAT tarrifs is pure BS.

It's not BS. Hopefully now you understand that you are on the monthly rate. End of story.

[begsaresponse]

Have 3 bed 2 bath bungalow. 2 air,2fridge freezers,2 computers,1 tv.

Bill never more than 1,500 on average.

[Naam]

Have 3 bed 2 bath bungalow. 2 air,2fridge freezers,2 computers,1 tv.

Bill never more than 1,500 on average.

are your aircons running in cooling mode once in a while? if yes, on which day of the month?

[dotcom]

I agree with you 100%. For years at my house I used to check the price per kw/h. It was always +/- 3.4 baht per kW/h.

Now however I am living with my girlfriend in a condominium. My landlady is very fair. I pay by the meter. Over the last 2 months I see that EGAT has moved to a sliding scale. ergo your first 500 units are charged at a very low rate & subsequent blocks of 500 units get charged at ever higher prices.

It has been a sliding scale for at least 5 years. And it's not the first 500 units that are charged at a lower rate, it's 150. And only about 35% lower - not "very low". Apart from those criticisms, your story is pretty accurate.

3.4 baht/unit is a fair price if the owner doesn't charge as per the bill. My bill works out nearer 3.6.

There are other threads where the number units vs. charge are detailed. And then there's the "standing charge". And "fuel tax". And VAT @ 7%.

End of story yeah. Apart from your poor math. 1.8 baht is not 35% less than 3.8 baht. It's nearer to 50% cheaper. Thanks for the help.

[JimsKnight]

I'm renting an apartment in Chiang Mai and the electricity is sky high per unit (7Bt) but in fairness theres full CCTV, lighting and fingerprint operated doorways all over the place.

Each month the electricity bill is about 500-800 baht pm for me.

I find my computer (a top end beast) uses only slightly less than aircon, when they are both on the meter spins around like a buzz ball!

[Lickey]

We have a 3 storey house, 1st floor is a salon, with numerous appliances running 8/9 hours a day, also eletric sauna room, kitchen with electric oven, 1 large AC unit, big fridge/freezer 30 or so different lights, and sattelite TV, 2nd floor has 3 on-suite rooms all with elec showers, Sat TV, fridge/freezer,PC and all the normal things with this, about 20 lights ect and 2 AC units,small but adequate, all rooms have a wall or overhead fan, 3rd floor is open to the elements, 6 lights on dimmer and a pool with a elec pump for an all over water massage, I admit not all the rooms are ocupied, but the salon is going flat out 7 days a week, and TV and most days the water massage pump in the pool, and we got the bill today!! OMG 945bht, But thats NE Issan,

[JetsetBkk]

I agree with you 100%. For years at my house I used to check the price per kw/h. It was always +/- 3.4 baht per kW/h.

Now however I am living with my girlfriend in a condominium. My landlady is very fair. I pay by the meter. Over the last 2 months I see that EGAT has moved to a sliding scale. ergo your first 500 units are charged at a very low rate & subsequent blocks of 500 units get charged at ever higher prices.

It has been a sliding scale for at least 5 years. And it's not the first 500 units that are charged at a lower rate, it's 150. And only about 35% lower - not "very low". Apart from those criticisms, your story is pretty accurate.

3.4 baht/unit is a fair price if the owner doesn't charge as per the bill. My bill works out nearer 3.6.

There are other threads where the number units vs. charge are detailed. And then there's the "standing charge". And "fuel tax". And VAT @ 7%.

End of story yeah. Apart from your poor math. 1.8 baht is not 35% less than 3.8 baht. It's nearer to 50% cheaper. Thanks for the help.

You really are a glutton for punishment, aren't you?

Where'd you get 3.8 baht from?

The rate for the first 150 units is 1.8047

The rate for the next 250 unit is 2.7781

1.8047 baht is 35% cheaper than 2.7781 baht.

[Naam]

1.8047 baht is 35% cheaper than 2.7781 baht

that is correct. but also correct is:

2.7781 Baht is 53.94% more expensive than 1.8047 Baht

[dotcom]

Teaching math to this idiot is a waste of time. I do predict he will want the last word AGAIN!!!!!

[JetsetBkk]

1.8047 baht is 35% cheaper than 2.7781 baht

that is correct. but also correct is:

2.7781 Baht is 53.94% more expensive than 1.8047 Baht

Of course - it depends which way round you do the comparison. But that's not the way dotcom did it - he did it the other way, which is why I also did it that way. He said:

1.8 baht is not 35% less than 3.8 baht. It's nearer to 50% cheaper. Thanks for the help.

But there is no rate of 3.8 baht/unit, which is why I asked him where he got that figure from. But of course, he has not answered that. I wonder why?

Teaching math to this idiot is a waste of time. I do predict he will want the last word AGAIN!!!!!

But of course, especially when I'm right and you're wrong. By the way, this isn't "math", it's arithmetic.

[jaideeguy]

So, i just did some math on my latest elec bill and divided my unit cost into total bill [including VAT taxes and fuel tax] and came up with the number of 3.66bhatt. does that sound about right?

that mean a 1000 watt appliance would cost me 3.66 bhatt per hour to run??

[JetsetBkk]

So, i just did some math on my latest elec bill and divided my unit cost into total bill [including VAT taxes and fuel tax] and came up with the number of 3.66bhatt. does that sound about right?

that mean a 1000 watt appliance would cost me 3.66 bhatt per hour to run??

Yes.

But don't forget that the 3.66 baht/kWh is not a fixed or flat rate - it is made up of the tariff rate (1.8047 or 2.7781 or 2.9780 baht/kWh), plus the standing charge, plus the FT, plus 7% VAT. So the more you use, the higher rate you pay.

But for a typical monthly bill of around 2,000 baht, the overall cost per kiloWatt hour is about 3.6 - 3.7 baht.

[dotcom]

Just as it is for my consumption - at around 12,000 baht. 3.66 baht per unit sounds very normal.

Glad to see jetski is still in the game - talking down to us retards.

[LindsayBKK]

Normally my bill is about 1500-1700bht but this month only 1100. Always remember to put your air conditioner on auto you will be surprised how much energy it saves.

[Naam]

Normally my bill is about 1500-1700bht but this month only 1100. Always remember to put your air conditioner on auto you will be surprised how much energy it saves.

please explain what the "auto" function accomplishes and why it saves energy. i am always eager to learn

[Lickey]

Normally my bill is about 1500-1700bht but this month only 1100. Always remember to put your air conditioner on auto you will be surprised how much energy it saves.

please explain what the "auto" function accomplishes and why it saves energy. i am always eager to learn

What a joke, eager to learn!! you cant be bothered to unplug or turn off your TV cos it only uses 18 watts on stand-by, go hug a reactor somewhere, might give you a jolt into the real world and whats happening to it!!

[Naam]

Normally my bill is about 1500-1700bht but this month only 1100. Always remember to put your air conditioner on auto you will be surprised how much energy it saves.

please explain what the "auto" function accomplishes and why it saves energy. i am always eager to learn

What a joke, eager to learn!! you cant be bothered to unplug or turn off your TV cos it only uses 18 watts on stand-by, go hug a reactor somewhere, might give you a jolt into the real world and whats happening to it!!

my question was not directed to you Lickman. if you have answer for this question i will read it with interest, i.e. put up or shut up!

[Naam]

Normally my bill is about 1500-1700bht but this month only 1100. Always remember to put your air conditioner on auto you will be surprised how much energy it saves.

please explain what the "auto" function accomplishes and why it saves energy. i am always eager to learn

the reason for my question is because the auto function on an aircon does'nt really save any energy. it triggers fanspeed but not the compressor which consumes ~20 times the energy of the fan. energy saving can be accomplished by a low fan speed which results in higher dehumidification and therefore a more comfortable feeling than on lower temperatures with high relative humidity. one of the "no-nos" (but common in Thailand and elsewhere) is installing an overdimensioned a/c unit. in this case the compressor cycles on/off too often and the result is less or hardly any dehumidification.

[Mobi]

Normally my bill is about 1500-1700bht but this month only 1100. Always remember to put your air conditioner on auto you will be surprised how much energy it saves.

please explain what the "auto" function accomplishes and why it saves energy. i am always eager to learn

What a joke, eager to learn!! you cant be bothered to unplug or turn off your TV cos it only uses 18 watts on stand-by, go hug a reactor somewhere, might give you a jolt into the real world and whats happening to it!!

I can never understand why people like you come on to a thread where there is sensible non-inflammatory debate going on, and for no reason whatsover, decide to toss out insults.

I wonder if you would you do that if you were having a similar discussion face to face?

I suppose it is the anonymity of the forum that allows some people to insult with impunity, instead of putting forward cogent and well reasoned arguments/ points of view in an intelligent and adult manner.

So just to give you something to get you teeth into here are my last few months bills:

August: 6,953

Sept: 8,423

Oct: 9,206

Nov: 9,685

We were away for 3 weeks in August, and for 1 week in Sept, so i apologise for the low consumption.

I run 1 small aircon in my office, for maybe 6-8 hours a day, (say)5 days a week , and a large aircon in my bedroom from around 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.

The main downstairs lounge and kitchen is a very large, open plan area, and a lot of breezes blowing through to keep the temperature within bounds. Ditto for the adjoining pool terrace. Fans are sufficient.

I run 2 fridge freezers, and 2 fridges, 5 televisions ( not all on at the same time), numerous fans (at least one on permanently to keep the dogs cool), a swimming pool filter pump running 6 hours/day, a fish pond filter pump running 24/7, and two waterfall/fountain pumps, 2 sprinkler pumps, garden spot lights and other external lighting, and 2 computers, and numerous small electrical appliances, (hot water jugs,vacuum cleaners etc). I may have missed something, but that's all I can think of. (Oh and electric front gate that seem to be opening and closing all day long!)

We don't usually leave our TV's on standby because they would vulnerable to power surges during electrical storms.

BTW, where can I find a nice friendly reactor to hug?

[Naam]

We were away for 3 weeks in August, and for 1 week in Sept, so i apologise for the low consumption.

shame on you Mobi! if you dare again to receive an electricity bill below 9,000 Baht you will be banned from reactor hugging for a period of not less than five years but of course you will not be denied hugging that beautiful lady you married

[Lickey]

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...2988&st=325,

Mobi, if you read pages 14/15/16 of the above thread you will see why i made the remark, then you will see why i dont admire naam either!

[skippy]

This months bill has arrived.

Baht 99.18

[JetsetBkk]

99.18 baht = 21 units.

Meter broken?

You live in a tent on a beach?

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Edited December 23, 2007 by JetsetBkk