Khon Kaen, April 2 – EPPO expects to be very hot this year. together with tourism recovering Electricity peak expected to make new highs Informing the good news that the electricity bill has passed the highest price. As for subsidizing electricity bills, fragile groups use no more than 300 units of electricity per month, having to wait for the Cabinet to consider spending 8,000 million baht in support.
Mr. Wattanapong Kurovat, Director of the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), said that from Mr. Supattanapong Phanmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Energy Indicates that it is preparing to subsidize home electricity costs for vulnerable groups using no more than 300 units of electricity per month. to reduce the impact of rising electricity costs in the new period (May-Aug. 23) the average is 4.77 baht/unit. This matter has to wait. The Cabinet considers, if approved, it must seek approval from the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) in order to be able to use the central budget to subsidize, with approximately 8,000 million baht expected to be spent. Regarding the cost of electricity, there is good news that the country’s electricity cost has already passed its highest cost point, both from a decrease in the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world market and gas in the Gulf of Thailand from the G1 or Erawan field. It will be able to increase production to 400 million cubic feet per day in July and increase to 600 million cubic feet per day in December.
During this period, the weather is very hot, causing people to turn on more air-conditioners. In addition to the economic recovery, especially in the tourism sector, it is expected that the peak demand for electricity (peak) in the 3 electricity system this year will be new highs, not lower than 3.4. ten thousand megawatts However, if combined with an additional 5,000 megawatts of private power (IPS), the country’s electricity demand could reach 39,000 megawatts this year.
However, the highest demand for electricity in System 3 Electricity (System Peak) of the year 2022 occurred on April 28, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. at the level of 33,177 megawatts, an increase of 6.9% compared to the peak of the year 2021 at the level 31,023 MW
EPPO forecasts “energy consumption trend in 2023” based on assumptions from the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDB). It is expected that overall energy consumption in 2023 will increase by 2.8 percent to 2,047 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day Use of natural gas and coal/lignite will increase by 0.7% due to the increase in the use of imported coal; the use of oil will increase by 4.6%, especially gasoline and gasohol. and jet fuel from the recovery of domestic tourism and the trend of increasing flights from abroad use of natural gas will increase by 1.8 percent. The use of hydropower and imported electricity will increase by 4.4 percent in line with the country’s economic expansion. as well as increased demand for domestic and international travel.
while the Ministry of Energy continues to support alternative energy policies along with environmental management Recently, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand by Nam Phong Power Plant Khon Kaen Province Developing a mobile electric vehicle from dry municipal waste, hoping to be one of the solutions to the problem of overflowing waste and burning leaf debris. However, the key to success is the sorting of household waste.
The reporter reported that in the case of a new electricity bill, if the cabinet does not consider subsidizing the electricity bill for the period May-August ’23 by choosing to subsidize only state welfare card holders at 315 baht / month, it will As a result, the majority of the country’s electricity bills in this installment will increase drastically, not an additional 5 satang per unit. according to FT electricity
by current period (Jan.-Apr. 23) Electricity users between 1-150 units per month receive a discount of 1.39 satang/unit, so if the price is not subsidized, the price will increase by approximately 1.44 satang/unit. As for electricity users between 151-300 units per month The current installment receives a discount of 26.39 satang/unit, the new installment will pay an additional 26.44 satang/unit. .-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency