The cabinet on Tuesday approved lowering residential utility bills for two months for Bangkok and other nine provinces affected by the lockdown amidst Thailand’s latest and most severe COVID-19 outbreak.
The two-month reduction in water and electricity bills will be valid for July and August bills to provide relief and encourage people to remain at home, according to the Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at around 4pm today.
The 10 provinces in which households will lower the bills are Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Songkhla.
Here below is the approach to calculating the lower bills.
Electricity
Households that consume under 90 units of electricity won’t have to pay anything. Those consuming 90 units to 150 units will have the first 90 units waived and must pay the rest.
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