Provincial Electric Authority: Bill Payment

[dddave]

I recently switched renting my condo through an agent to direct from owner.  Electric bills used to be paid through the agent.  Now I must pay PEA directly.

I tried downloading the Android App using the QR code on the bill,  no joy.  I get a red "Not available in your country" notice though my location is available and phone set to Thailand.

Reviews on the app store are universally one and two star, lots of complaints about app not working.

I tried the PEA website, again no joy.  Couldn't find an English option.

 

What are the options for paying PEA bills?  ATM? (Bangkok Bank)  7-11?, other?

[Halfaboy]

With some creativity and perseverance you can set up an automatic payment with PEA. Setting up is somewhat cumbersome. Go the the PEA office and tell them that you want to 'cut bank' for the monthly bill. You get a form that needs to be completed by your bank. So go to the bank and have it filled in and signed and go back to PEA. From that moment om payments go flawlessly (assuming a positive balance).

Have fun....

[scubascuba3]

14 minutes ago, dddave said:

I recently switched renting my condo through an agent to direct from owner.  Electric bills used to be paid through the agent.  Now I must pay PEA directly.

I tried downloading the Android App using the QR code on the bill,  no joy.  I get a red "Not available in your country" notice though my location is available and phone set to Thailand.

Reviews on the app store are universally one and two star, lots of complaints about app not working.

I tried the PEA website, again no joy.  Couldn't find an English option.

 

What are the options for paying PEA bills?  ATM? (Bangkok Bank)  7-11?, other?

You can't download because your Playstore isn't set to Thailand, easily resolvable.

Also if you have Kasikorn app can easily set up

[blackshadow]

SEVEN eleven are good places to pay......and there are only A FEW OF THEM in thailand !!!

[dddave]

39 minutes ago, Halfaboy said:

With some creativity and perseverance you can set up an automatic payment with PEA. Setting up is somewhat cumbersome. Go the the PEA office and tell them that you want to 'cut bank' for the monthly bill. You get a form that needs to be completed by your bank. So go to the bank and have it filled in and signed and go back to PEA. From that moment om payments go flawlessly (assuming a positive balance).

Have fun....

Thanks for spelling this out.

Do you own or rent?   I'm concerned as a renter that if I terminated my rental, knowing how stodgy and slow Bangkok Bank can be, that they might continue to take money out for subsequent bills, delaying termination.

[Crossy]

Here you go - PEA Smart Plus_v2.1.8.apk

 

It needs a 13 digit ID number in the correct format for Thailand, if you don't have a pink ID your Thai vaccine registration number should work.

 

There are also websites that will create a valid Thai ID number out of thin air.

 

No checking is done by the app.

 

[Will B Good]

Nightmare....we send money to cousin in BKK and she pays it for us......never found out how she pays or any other way we can do it other than going to the PEA office.....a one hour round trip.

[Halfaboy]

 

15 minutes ago, dddave said:

Thanks for spelling this out.

Do you own or rent?   I'm concerned as a renter that if I terminated my rental, knowing how stodgy and slow Bangkok Bank can be, that they might continue to take money out for subsequent bills, delaying termination.

Does not matter renting or owning. Once working, the system works perfectly. If you want to terminate just tell BKK Bank and the deduction stops. Or in case of moving inform the PEA on this. Have done this already a number of times for a variety of condo's and houses and BKK Bank has every time promptly taken action.  

[mrmicbkktxl]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

You can't download because your Playstore isn't set to Thailand, easily resolvable.

Also if you have Kasikorn app can easily set up

How to change the playstore?I tried many times but google doesn't let me do that

[Antiparovian]

Easy. Use your Thai Bank App.

[AhFarangJa]

7/11.....................................Takes less than a minute. As long as the bill is not overdue.

[Moonlover]

9 minutes ago, Antiparovian said:

Easy. Use your Thai Bank App.

That's a bit of a sweeping statement. Not all banks offer this service on behalf of PEA. Krungsri does not.

[PPGuy]

10 minutes ago, Antiparovian said:

Easy. Use your Thai Bank App.

For me, works for the SCB App, but not possible for Bangkok Bank App. 

[scubascuba3]

26 minutes ago, mrmicbkktxl said:

How to change the playstore?I tried many times but google doesn't let me do that

For me the simplest way is set up a new gmail account and during set up say Thailand, then "add another account" in playstore, then can easily change accounts on Playstore, it will give you a choice, existing account and new account

[KhunBENQ]

16 minutes ago, PPGuy said:

For me, works for the SCB App, but not possible for Bangkok Bank App. 

SCB is easy. On the top menue "Utilities" -> "PEA".

Bangkok Bank for strange reason knows MEA (Bangkok) but not PEA.

 

I have setup PEA App and then pay through internet banking.

Works well. Ages that I went to the PEA office.

If all fails I can pay at 7/11, Lotus's etc. for a small fee.

 

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

There are also websites that will create a valid Thai ID number out of thin air.

Like this:

http://lertsirikarn.blogspot.com/p/thai-id-number-generator.html

Refresh page.

 

SCB:

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by KhunBENQ

[bbi1]

CounterServicePay - is that still working fine for paying electricity, etc. via credit cards? I know that CounterServicePay was popular a few years ago.

[aussiexpat]

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

That's a bit of a sweeping statement. Not all banks offer this service on behalf of PEA. Krungsri does not.

Yeah, so wierd that my Pattaya Krungsi account can pay MEA but not PEA. I paid 200 baht to a girl in juristic office and she went to PEA and set up direct debit for me. Works perfectly

 

Edit: I had to get a letter from Krungsi first and then she dealt with PEA

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by aussiexpat

[spidermike007]

Most banking apps have an option to pay the bill, or scan the bill for payment. It is very quick and easy. 

[mrmicbkktxl]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

For me the simplest way is set up a new gmail account and during set up say Thailand, then "add another account" in playstore, then can easily change accounts on Playstore, it will give you a choice, existing account and new account

Thank you,very helpful

[Stocky]

My PEA bills have both a QR and a Bar Code that can be scanned with your Thai banking app and payment made. Water authority the same.

 

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Edited December 7, 2022 by Stocky

[dddave]

4 hours ago, blackshadow said:

SEVEN eleven are good places to pay......and there are only A FEW OF THEM in thailand !!!

Thanks.  That what I did.  no issues.

[dddave]

15 minutes ago, Stocky said:

My PEA bills have both a QR and a Bar Code that can be scanned with your Thai banking app and payment made. Water authority the same.

 

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I tried scanning the QR code on the bill but it only redirected me to the app.  I did not try the bar code.  I'll try that next time.

[dddave]

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

You can't download because your Playstore isn't set to Thailand, easily resolvable.

Also if you have Kasikorn app can easily set up

I went through all the settings and permissions in the Play Store app and my Google account and could not find any geo location other than thailand.  I have geo location enabled.

[scubascuba3]

4 minutes ago, dddave said:

I went through all the settings and permissions in the Play Store app and my Google account and could not find any geo location other than thailand.  I have geo location enabled.

I've described further up an easy method of using a new gmail account based in Thailand

[kinyara]

pea.co.th/en/Payment-Channels

 

Non-bank options include 7-11, Big C, Tesco Lotus, Thai Post Office.

[Photoguy21]

4 hours ago, blackshadow said:

SEVEN eleven are good places to pay......and there are only A FEW OF THEM in thailand !!!

Are you sure there is adequate 7-11's around? You may have to walk 50m to get to one.

[SpaceKadet]

5 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

With some creativity and perseverance you can set up an automatic payment with PEA. Setting up is somewhat cumbersome. Go the the PEA office and tell them that you want to 'cut bank' for the monthly bill. You get a form that needs to be completed by your bank. So go to the bank and have it filled in and signed and go back to PEA. From that moment om payments go flawlessly (assuming a positive balance).

Have fun....

That's what I do as well, works the charm. Haven't seen electric bill in years.

[GreasyFingers]

easyBills. They charge 8 baht for the service.

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Nightmare....we send money to cousin in BKK and she pays it for us......never found out how she pays or any other way we can do it other than going to the PEA office.....a one hour round trip.

There's many domestic payment websites.

 

My Thai DIL is the family accountant. No matter what bill / new bill / one off bill, she can find a quick easy way to pay online. 

 

A few months ago my son was having difficulty to pay for a VietJet air ticket on their site. His wife wrote down some details then a minute later said to him 'transfer xxxxBaht to me quickly' which he did.

 

Half a minute later a receipt and booking confirmation from Vietjet in son's e.mail

Edited December 7, 2022 by scorecard

[delboy]

I pay my PEA bill by Credit Card using Easybills.  They charge 8 baht service fee.

https://www.easybills.in.th

Scroll down and click on Pay Your Bill Now.
Scroll down and click on Provincial Electricity Authority.
Enter your "Contract Acct"   This can be found at the top of your electricity bill as "C/A Ref. No.1"
When you hit the "Next" button the amount of the bill will be displayed, enter C/C details to pay.

They send a receipt by e-mail.  I've been paying this way for over a year now with no problems.