Bangkok, April 19 – The OERC reveals that it is accelerating the acceptance of renewable energy purchase round 2 as soon as possible. Confirmation of the first selection round, transparent according to CODE, not acknowledging the list of proposed companies Identify renewable energy electricity bills to help reduce future electricity bills. If no new fossil power plants are built
Mr. Komkrit Tantravanich The Secretary-General of the Office of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) as a spokesperson for the ERC revealed that the progress of the renewable energy purchase in the form of Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for the group without fuel costs, round 2, amount 3,668.5 megawatts. Currently, the ERC is considering the resolution of the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) on March 9th. which will open as soon as possible within this August even though during the election but did not make this matter stumbling because the resolution of the NEPC has already been approved
By accepting additional purchases of electricity from renewable energy this time, it can be divided into ground-mounted solar energy. (Solar farms) in the amount of 2,632 megawatts, wind energy in the amount of 1,000 megawatts, industrial waste in the amount of 30 megawatts and biogas. (wastewater/waste) in the amount of 6.5 megawatts. However, the resolution must be considered. ERC to be clear Because this new round of purchase includes both the expansion of the purchase from the original offer. and new purchases But overall, buy from the group that is offered for sale in the first place. Not open for new offers to come in at all Therefore, these resolutions must be carefully considered.
However, the ERC Board on April 5, 2023 has approved the names of 175 candidates who passed the first round of selection, with an offering volume of 4,852.26 megawatts out of 670 projects proposed over 17,000 megawatts by EGAT sent a letter to the selected power generation applicants to acknowledge and accept the terms of the power purchase agreement signed on 19 April and signed within 180 days.
“I would like to confirm that the project consideration is transparent and the ERC board does not know which company has proposed it. Because the consideration will be based on the CODE selected according to the criteria of the NEPC, that is, not considering the proposal on the lowest electricity bill. But consider the readiness to construct the project in order to produce electricity according to the plan. However, it is considered that the average renewable electricity cost is 2.1 baht/unit, which is cheaper than the energy cost of electricity in the system at 2.7 baht/unit. electricity now Then increase renewable energy to the proportion of 10-30 MW already. No more fossil power plants are being built. It is considered a good alternative to the cost of electricity. And also help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, ”said Mr. Komkrit.
by the previous NEPC approves renewable energy promotion Additional purchase according to the PDP2018 plan (1st revision) 2021-2030 from the original 10,000 MW increased to 12,700 MW in order to adapt to the changing current situation. Both reduce the cost of electricity that is now found that the cost of renewable energy is cheaper. Fossil fuels are now more expensive. and to reduce the Availability Payment (AP) problem that has been criticized as a result of higher electricity costs due to high reserve power. Including reducing the plan to purchase electricity from hydroelectric power plants in Lao PDR according to the original plan that had an agreement to buy 15,000 megawatts, a decrease of 700 megawatts, because in 2028 there was no project that could Log in according to your goals
For the case of Mr. Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution filed a petition with the Central Administrative Court To request an investigation into the signing of renewable energy electricity purchase contracts from 175 private sectors totaling 4,852.26 megawatts, referring to the country’s power reserves of up to 60%, the ERC still has to wait for the consideration of the Central Administrative Court. how to consider coming out
Yesterday (April 18, 2023) at the Central Administrative Court, Mr. Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution traveled to submit a petition to the Central Administrative Court to request an emergency hearing In the case, black number 1961/2565, due to an emergency, from which the ERC requires EGAT to sign a power purchase agreement from 175 private parties, with a total sales volume of 4,852.26 megawatts, from which the ERC has announced an offer for purchase. 5,203 megawatts. Thailand has a capacity of up to 51,048 megawatts, while the country’s highest electricity consumption in 2022 is only 30,135 megawatts. which caused the amount of reserved power generation to overflow the country, or almost 60%, but the NEPC resolved to allow the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to proceed with purchasing more electricity from the private sector in the project to purchase electricity from renewable energy in the form of Feed-in Tariff (Fit) for the year 2022-2030 for ground-mounted solar energy, Ground-mounted solar combined with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), for wind power, for biogas (wastewater/waste) and power generation projects from municipal waste which will cause Thailand to have overflowing electricity capacity of up to 53,659 megawatts, or more than 62% of the backup power, which is only 15-20% specified by international standards. It will affect the increase in the FT (Ft). Therefore, the association asked the Court for an emergency hearing to issue a temporary protection order to suspend the power purchase agreement. – Thai News Agency 659 megawatts or more than 62% of the backup power, which is only about 15-20% by the international standard, having more than 53,659 megawatts or more than 62% of the backup power will affect the increase of the FT ( Ft) The association then requested the court to have an emergency hearing to issue a temporary protection order to suspend the signing of power purchases. – Thai News Agency 659 megawatts or more than 62% of the backup power, which is only about 15-20% by the international standard, having more than 53,659 megawatts or more than 62% of the backup power will affect the increase of the FT ( Ft) The association then requested the court to have an emergency hearing to issue a temporary protection order to suspend the signing of power purchases. – Thai News Agency
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