Paying electric bill by standing order or making over payments

[BaldPlumber]

From next month I am planning on spending 3 months in Thailand followed by 3 months working in the UK, repeating for maybe a year until moving permanently to Thailand.

My issue is paying the monthly condo electricity bill. Currently a friend looks after it for me, but it would be much better if I could either make over payments or preferably pay via standing order from my Kasikorn account.

Does anyone have any knowledge of how to set this up?

TIA

[ukrules]

I have overpaid in the past and there was no problem. Assuming you only leave a fridge/freezer turned on at a low setting the bill will be very low so it doesn't hurt to pay a few thousand Baht in just in case.

[BaldPlumber]

Thanks. Do you just go to the company office?

[ukrules]

Yes, I went to the office at the time.

This was a few years ago and the office I went to was burned out during the red shirt riots so I'm not sure where the new office is located as I've moved to Hua Hin now.

I'm sure someone will be along who knows where the new offices are located.

[JusMe]

You can set up a pre-authorized debit from your bank account to cover the monthly charge.

Form from the electric company filled out and taken to bank, then returned to company. (Or it could be the other way around - it was a long time ago I arranged this for my house.)

Bit of runaround sometimes, but then the specific amount is debited from your bank account.

[KittenKong]

Yes, direct debit is definitely the way to go. I get a text from my bank every month when the debit goes through.

[johng]

If your use less than 50 units then the bill is (should) be 0 so no need to pay

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[CharlieH]

Thete is a payment option on you kasikorn account where you can schedule payments via online banking.

[BaldPlumber]

Thanks all for the help. Will sort it out, or try, next month.