Electricity

[emubob]

Hi all!

Just returned home to my rented apartment in Phuket Town this evening to find a letter in Thai from my landlord stating that the price of electricity will go up this month from 5 bht per click to 8 bht per click. That seems like a very very steep hike in price. Anybody else out there experienced anything similar recently? Could it be the landlords trying to squeeze extra cash or has the price of electricity increased significantly?

Water has also increased from 10 baht per click to 15 baht but as I use minimal water this does not concern me as much as the electricity.

Any thoughts? Cheers,

EmuBob

[LivinginKata]

We have a number of electric and water accounts to support our rental units and we know nothing about any price increase.

Sounds like a scam by your landlord.

[Kimera]

Hi all!

Just returned home to my rented apartment in Phuket Town this evening to find a letter in Thai from my landlord stating that the price of electricity will go up this month from 5 bht per click to 8 bht per click. That seems like a very very steep hike in price. Anybody else out there experienced anything similar recently? Could it be the landlords trying to squeeze extra cash or has the price of electricity increased significantly?

Water has also increased from 10 baht per click to 15 baht but as I use minimal water this does not concern me as much as the electricity.

Any thoughts? Cheers,

EmuBob

No increase in Thalang, if letter from your landload then thats thats the clue.

[LivinLOS]

If you dont have a government meter the landlord can charge what he likes..

[LivinginKata]

If you dont have a government meter the landlord can charge what he likes..

Yes, that's very true. And there is nothing the tenant can do, other than protest by moving. Seems to me that some owners are jumping on the 'big gas increase' bandwagon. 8 baht/kWatt is far too much to pay, although 15 baht/1,000 L water is not so bad. Costs us 18 baht/unit for governement water and 90 baht/1,000 litre for tanker water.

[steelepulse]

Isn't gov't electricity around 3 baht?

[LivinginKata]

Isn't gov't electricity around 3 baht?

Depends on monthly usage. There is a low rate for Thai homes using only a little electric. Anyone using an aircon moves into a higher price, and a building with rental apartments pays the highest (business) rate which is more like 4 baht + tax. Impossible to know what the monthly rate is until the bill comes in with the additional per unit charge for fuel costs. For example last monthe we paid an additional 0.6886 baht/kWatt for increased fuel charges. Quite honestly electric charges have not increased very much over the last 2 years and we have been charging our guests the same rate for the last 5 years.

After saying all that, who knows what the doubling+ of oil prices over the last few months will do to electric charges.... can only go up, and soon.

[petitechevre]

im at 2baht just 2mins outside of phuket town...

imo you should move

[LivinginKata]

im at 2baht just 2mins outside of phuket town...

imo you should move

Might I ask how many kWatts you use per month, and do you pay direct to PEA (Phuket Electric Authority). I find that an astonishing low rate. Wish we could relocate our buildings..... but 'we do like to be beside the seaside'. I thought electric rates were the same all over Phuket Province ?

[huggybear]

Hi all!

Just returned home to my rented apartment in Phuket Town this evening to find a letter in Thai from my landlord stating that the price of electricity will go up this month from 5 bht per click to 8 bht per click. That seems like a very very steep hike in price. Anybody else out there experienced anything similar recently? Could it be the landlords trying to squeeze extra cash or has the price of electricity increased significantly?

Water has also increased from 10 baht per click to 15 baht but as I use minimal water this does not concern me as much as the electricity.

Any thoughts? Cheers,

EmuBob

You're getting tooled.

I pay about 3.5 on my government meter in Rawai.

[petitechevre]

i cannot read the bill.. i just goto 7/11 and pay up.

have ac's running all day.. 2 computers running all day at full power, always 1 tv running

lots of light, never over 2500baht

[LivinginKata]

i cannot read the bill.. i just goto 7/11 and pay up.

have ac's running all day.. 2 computers running all day at full power, always 1 tv running

So how do you know it's 2 baht/kwatt if you can't read the bill ????

[LivinLOS]

My current situation is odd (free electricity !!) But for normal farang useage with AC's and multiple electronics your usually up in the bands that make it 3 - 4 baht on a government meter.. 4 would be very high useable (pool pumps, multiple AC's, etc) and down under 3 (not sure if thats even still possible) would be basic small fan only type IMO.

At my last place the whole development had 3 phase and thier own transformer systems.. They put the prices up as it was then costing them over 4 baht in pure unit costs.

[petitechevre]

i cannot read the bill.. i just goto 7/11 and pay up.

have ac's running all day.. 2 computers running all day at full power, always 1 tv running

So how do you know it's 2 baht/kwatt if you can't read the bill ????

gf told me

I dont really bother to look into details much for so little money

[LivinginKata]

gf told me

I dont really bother to look into details much for so little money

Ah ... so now we know. In that case you should not dispense information which is clearly wrong. I think you will be paying at least 3.5 baht/unit.

[Ping]

I have been quoted B8/unit in the past (for rentals). Pure greed.