Entrepreneurs ask the state to freeze electricity costs to support the industry, support the economy Propose a policy on electric energy to be fair to all parties
Mr Montree Mahapruekphong, Vice President of the Federation of Thai Industries or FTI, reported the results of the survey of 171 FTI executives (CEO Survey) which covered executives from 45 industrial groups and 76 provincial industrial federations. He found November 2022, on the topic “Industry Views on the New FT Adjustment”, after the Energy Regulatory Commission or ERC opened to listen to the views of all sectors. Regarding the adjustment of the variable electricity tariff (Ft) for the period January – April 2023
As for the FTI executives, most of them want the government to maintain the FT fee for the period January-April 2023 in order to keep the electricity cost. a charge of 4.72 baht per unit is made due to the view that the price of fuel used to generate electricity tends to decrease causing the cost of fuel used to generate electricity Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Adjusted gradually downwards accordingly . In addition, the past industrial entrepreneurs had to bear the burden of production costs that are continuously increasing Both electricity bills, wages, the price of raw materials, rising interest rates All affected the competitiveness of the Thai industrial sector.
for debt management which had to gradually return EGAT from the fuel cost burden of 83,010 million baht Most of the FTI operators suggested that EGAT should improve the criteria to be able to bear more debt burden. and longer than 2 years, such as increasing the ceiling of a special loan , Allocating a credit limit , slow down sending money to the treasury increase the ability to manage debt and reduce the impact on electricity consumers There is no need to pay electricity bills at too high a rate
In addition, FTI executives also proposed that government sector regulations should be improved to promote energy conservation. , the use of renewable energy and speeding up the work of promoting entrepreneurs Investing in renewable energy within the factory reducing electricity bills during the Ar Brig period in a tangible way, such as facilitating the application for various permissions related to the installation of solar cells, Low interest credit measures, purchase of surplus electricity from the private sector, fixed electricity buy back rate which attracts investment
In terms of the country’s future electricity management, FTI executives proposed that the government sector should review the laws and regulations of the electric power policy formulation process. To be fair to all parties, including the public, entrepreneurs in the production and service sector, investors, as well as increasing the share of electricity purchases from renewable energy. In order to maintain the country’s energy stability and reduce the cost of fuel used to generate electricity.
