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Electricity bills poised to decrease

Cheaper gas supplies should bring slight reduction in tariffs in final four months of the year

A mascot for the Metropolitan Electricity Authority shows how to use a prepaid power purchase device in Bang Kapi district of Bangkok. (File photo)

Electricity bills are expected to be slightly lower during the last four months of this year, with the power tariff decreasing by about 20 satang baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) in line with cheaper gas prices.

Regulators expect to make an adjustment to the gas pool price, which partly determines power costs and is calculated from the prices of gas supplied from the Gulf of Thailand and Myanmar, as well as imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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