Anyone noticed the massive increase in cost of electricity?

[Bangkok Barry]

Received the monthly electric bill today and it was nearly double that of last month, but no apparent reason. So my wife compared last months bill to this and noticed that the price per unit has leapt from 2.779 per unit to 4.057. Plus VAT. I doubt that any country in the world suddenly imposes an increase of that magnitude, but I guess it's just part of the PM's promise to bring happiness to the people.

 

I'm sure that someone smarter than me will be able to calculate the percentage increase.

[Denim]

Just the opposite here. Last electric bill was half the usual and only 580 baht. Wife says it was because of some government hand out or something. Not received this months yet so will soon find out.

[Kwasaki]

My August bill was cheap with discounts. 

Our September bill is due shortly I only know something then. 

[Will B Good]

Nope, living free for 3 months at least.

 

Got a house sit......laughing.

[KannikaP]

[Kwasaki]

4 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Nope, living free for 3 months at least.

 

Got a house sit......laughing.

You  will be good   and pay the bills while you're there though. ????

[Will B Good]

Just now, Kwasaki said:

You  will be good   and pay the bills while you're there though. ????

Yes, the cheque is in the post.

[Bruno123]

25 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Received the monthly electric bill today and it was nearly double that of last month, but no apparent reason. So my wife compared last months bill to this and noticed that the price per unit has leapt from 2.779 per unit to 4.057. Plus VAT. I doubt that any country in the world suddenly imposes an increase of that magnitude, but I guess it's just part of the PM's promise to bring happiness to the people.

 

I'm sure that someone smarter than me will be able to calculate the percentage increase.

You were obviously receiving a discount before. Now it looks like the standard price.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Bruno123 said:

You were obviously receiving a discount before. Now it looks like the standard price.

Didn't all deep red zones get discounted for a while at least?

[Bruno123]

Just now, Will B Good said:

Didn't all deep red zones get discounted for a while at least?

 

I am certainly receiving some sort of discount.

[thaitom]

11 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Didn't all deep red zones get discounted for a while at least?

I know the discounts were for the last two months, I am not sure if it will apply to the current month. I will receive it next week.  I am in the deepest red zone. 

[Crossy]

Our OP is almost certainly the victim of the COVID discount ending. 

 

The unit price for most of us is around 4.4 Baht give or take a gnats due to the sliding tariff above. 

 

So it looks like we will have no discount when we get our latest bill on Sunday ???? 

 

[LongTimeLurker]

11 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Our OP is almost certainly the victim of the COVID discount ending. 

 

The unit price for most of us is around 4.4 Baht give or take a gnats due to the sliding tariff above. 

 

So it looks like we will have no discount when we get our latest bill on Sunday ???? 

 

But isn't it surprising that the OP didn't complain when his electricity bill HALVED due to the discounts?

 

Now it's gone back to pre-discount normal pricing it's a problem?

[Will B Good]

Just now, LongTimeLurker said:

But isn't it surprising that the OP didn't complain when his electricity bill HALVED due to the discounts?

 

Now it's gone back to pre-discount normal pricing it's a problem?

Bit like UC in the UK?

[LongTimeLurker]

5 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Bit like UC in the UK?

What's UC?

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

from 2.779 per unit to 4.057.

Just adding to the crowd.

4.057 is a normal rate without discount/subsidies.

 

4.057 Baht ~ 10.40 Euro cent.

That's about one third of the ridicolous rates in Germany for comparison.

[Liverpool Lou]

33 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Our OP is almost certainly the victim of the COVID discount ending. 

 

The unit price for most of us is around 4.4 Baht give or take a gnats due to the sliding tariff above. 

 

So it looks like we will have no discount when we get our latest bill on Sunday ???? 

 

The Covid concessions on my (Bangkok) electricity bills have not been a discount in the rate per unit charged, it has been a discount by virtue of the amount charged being no higher than some selected,  much cheaper, previous month's bill.   

 

My consumption from April to August had increased by a multiple of three yet my bills for those months have all been exactly the same as the cheapest month.  I've got my latest bill today and it is back to normal pre-Covid concession baht amounts, i.e. approximately three times last month's.

[Liverpool Lou]

52 minutes ago, Bruno123 said:

56 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Didn't all deep red zones get discounted for a while at least?

 

I am certainly receiving some sort of discount.

You probably won't be this month, my bill received today is back to pre-discounted amounts.

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The Covid concessions on my (Bangkok) electricity bills have not been a discount in the rate per unit charged, it has been a discount by virtue of the bill being no higher than some selected,  much cheaper, previous month's bill. 

 

Correct!

The latest discounts (now ended) were based upon the February consumption. There's a thread detailing it somewhere, not going to go into the detail here since it's finished.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Got discounts for the last few months, the bill was 1/2 the norm.

Got this months bill yesterday, back to the normal pre discount.

 

 

[Gottfrid]

Yes, I noticed.

 

[Bruno123]

I have to say that it's good to be away from the bill padding that goes on with some accommodation providers. 

Even though my previous 'landlord' supposedly charged just 5 baht per unit(under duress); my bills are at a minimum 50% less now, even without discount(which most certainly would not have been passed on by the previous 'landlord').

With discount; my bills have been as little as 8% of what I was charged by them, for much the same usage.

 

[itsari]

We have been paying 5 baht inclusive of vat for at least 2 years . 

Say nothing and pay incase the electric company has made a mistake 

[yeahbutif]

Well they do And can ..just point out my electric in the uk was 13p unit now gone to 26p a unit... Something to do with ofcom.     

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

You were obviously receiving a discount before. Now it looks like the standard price.

There was a discount of something like 87 baht discount last month. I'm not sure they'd give a discount on the tariff together with a second discount on the same bill.

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

Just adding to the crowd.

4.057 is a normal rate without discount/subsidies.

 

4.057 Baht ~ 10.40 Euro cent.

That's about one third of the ridicolous rates in Germany for comparison.

Thanks, but I don't need to compare with Germany as I don't live there. My income would be much greater in Germany. I do know that my cooler season bill in Thailand when aircon use is drastically down is now the same as in the hot season when the air is sometimes on for up to 16 hours a day.

[scubascuba3]

No discount this month, surprised people still don't know what's going on

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

But isn't it surprising that the OP didn't complain when his electricity bill HALVED due to the discounts?

 

Now it's gone back to pre-discount normal pricing it's a problem?

I didn't say it was a problem, I just pointed out the increase. But I now this month, with little aircon use, am paying the same as I did in April/May in the hot season when the air was sometimes on up to 16 hours a day.

[eisfeld]

Just to add a bit of info. The last time the electricity tariffs from PEA were changed was November 2018. No changes since then apart from the discounts.

 

Source: https://www.pea.co.th/en/Electricity-Tariffs

[fangless]

15 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

What's UC?

UC=Universal Credit.  A welfare/benefit system in the UK.

The connection is that £20 was added as a COVID bonus which expires shortly and the do-gooders are calling it a cut now that it is ending when it is no such thing.