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Businesses’ power bills trimmed after outcry

Regulator reduces increase in electricity tariff to 13% from 20.5%

Electricity meters are installed for households on Samsen 13 Road in Dusit district of Bangkok. The already high power tariff for households remains unchanged for the first four months of this year while the increment for businesses has been revised downward. (Photo: Pattanapong Hirunard)

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has scaled back a huge increase in power tariffs for businesses after they complained to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha about the impact on their costs.

Instead of rising by 20.5% for the four-month period from Jan 1 to April 30, the new rate will be just 13% higher than it was before, the ERC said on…

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