Electric charge getting high from Government?

[Frank Hovis]

but other than that I do not know about the "size" of the supply affecting the price / unit

What I meant by 'size' was the supply to the transformer. I don't know what supply choice there is here on the high voltage side here but I guess depending on the needs of the development there is a choice is kV supply in to match the transformer and on that basis I assume there is a different charge for different high voltage supplies.

We both agree that whatever the technicalities of the setup in this development 'musungu' will be paying more for his electricity than he would direct from PEA, even if the development does not make a profit on their collection of 'their' electricity supply fees.

[Nereus]

What I meant by 'size' was the supply to the transformer.

The HV size of the transformer doesn't really come into it. The rating of the transformer is in KVA, regardless of the HV voltage side of it. Most of the distribution in urban areas is either 6KV, or 11Kv, 3 phase. The secondary is stepped down to a nominal 380 Volts phase to phase, 220 Volts single phase.
They use a strange system of calling consumer supplies as 5 amp, 15amp, 45 amp, etc., which actually refers to the calibration of the meter, not the "size" of the supply.

[seamus72]

We live on a development. Our unit charge is now 5 on our bill. My electric bill is now 9000 bt a month. Last month 8700 previously it was 6000bt. Granted, we use the Air con a lot, but have no pool or any other abnormal useage. 50 % hike for the last 2 months. Anyone else getting ripped off, or just me?

200 quid a month. I'm thinking of buying some hand fans and candles

[Frank Hovis]

You'd need to tell what your Kilowatt hours used are and someone with a recent bill could calculate what you'd pay if you were connected to the electric directly.

[Farang]

In my recent bill the unit tariff in HH is: 3.46 and the Fuel Tariff 0.5204/unit.
Vat is 7%, so the unit price including all the extras is 4.26112 THB/unit.

These prices are directly from the PEA bill, so there are no sticky-fingered middlemen.

[Nereus]

In my recent bill the unit tariff in HH is: 3.46 and the Fuel Tariff 0.5204/unit.
Vat is 7%, so the unit price including all the extras is 4.26112 THB/unit.
These prices are directly from the PEA bill, so there are no sticky-fingered middlemen.

Sorry, no it is not. Please read that already posted: the per unit tariff is not a flat rate, it varies with the consumption. As Frank has posted , you need to know how many units have been used.

On my current PEA bill I have used 632 units, the total charge including VAT, is 2812.79 Baht.
Which works out to: 4.40506 Baht / unit, if you were to calcullate it on that basis.

A developer that has supplied and installed his own equipment can charge what ever he likes. Also bear in mind, also previously posted, if the transformer is privately owned he will be paying 2% additional charge on the total bill.

[hhfarang]

Price per unit be damned... all I can say is that I was able to aircon an entire 350 sq mt home to a constant 22 degrees in south Florida which has about the same climate as Hua Hin for 9 months out of the year for $50 to $100 less per month than I can aircon one room to 25 degrees here every day. Either the electricity is much higher here or this cement block construction totally sucks.

[dotx]

My electric bill has been much higher these past two months. One could argue it's because it's hotter, but I keep the AC on 24/7 year-round, so there really have been no changes. I used to pay around 4000 baht; the past two months it's been almost 6000 baht.

[PeteC]

^ You have them cleaned regularly? With constant use you may be looking at having to do it every quarter. My only other guess is the sun is moving north and perhaps heating up your major rooms more than at other times of the year. Pete

[mo1]

over the past 4 years our electricity bills varied between 2500 - 4000 Baht depending on the season last month bill came in at 8700 Baht it seems rather high so after a visit to their office a chap on a motor bike turned up turned the main switch off showed me the meter stopped running and went off on his way I dont know what I expected but how does that prove that the meter is faulty or not is beyond me?
anyhow I spoke to few people who all said that there bills were rather high last month so I wondered if it is a general problem or an some isolated cases?

[moja]

our bill too was around 2000 baht than we would normally expect to pay at this time of the year.

[dotx]

Glad I'm not alone. Just got mine and it's 5900 baht. That's up from 5600 the last two months and way up from the 4000-4500 I used to pay last year.

[buksida]

Pretty sure the unit price has jumped quite a bit, our last bill was the highest we've ever had (almost doubled since the beginning of the year), neighbours are all reporting the same.

Maybe Burma wants its power back so Thailand is charging more ...

[STEVE G]

"The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) expects the electricity tariff will hit five baht per kilowatt-hour (unit), on a par with Singapore, in two years due to the rising price of natural gas.

Egat governor Sutat Patmasiriwat pointed to imports of costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a major reason for the projected 35 per cent increase in the power tariff from an average of 3.7 baht per unit at present, including 3.2 baht as a base factor and 52.04 satang for the fuel tariff.

Using gas from domestic sources costs three baht per unit for power generation, compared to 5.5 baht for imported LNG. However, production of local gas has peaked and will decline, paving the way for imported LNG to play a larger role in power production."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... ower-bills

[mo1]

my rate per Kw/h for the last bill was 4.6074 Bht however the consumption more than doubled?? compared to the same period for the last 4 years for no reason that I can think of, we normally run the aircon in the bdrm at night on eco setting 25c and turn it off when the temp in the room drops to 25c however I noticed that it takes more than twice the time to get there? please dont tell me because its hotter outside I am comparing this to the same period over the past 4 years!!