EGAT negotiating with Malaysia for electricity purchase

Published on February 28, 2013 by TFP   ·   No Comments

BANGKOK, 28 February 2013 (NNT) â€" The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is under discussion with Malaysia’s power plants for the purchase of the Malay electricity.

EGAT Governor Suthat Pattamasiriwat said the authority had contacted large and small power plants in Malaysia to buy their power. If successful, it will add more power to Thailand’s power reserves, and thus ensure higher energy security.

The EGAT is also campaigning for less energy consumption among industries and households during the anticipated peak period of April 5th. He expected Thailand to have 1,000 megawatts of extra power reserves if the nation could secure additional power from Malaysia, and the energy saving campaign is successful,

Factories have been asked to suspend production during the peak hour of 1-2 pm on April 5, which is the first day of the energy outage due to maintenance at the Yanada natural gas platform in Myanmar. Households could also help by having no more than one air conditioner on per household.

As for the management of electricity in Bangkok and the South, which will be directly affected by the power suspension in Myanmar, the EGAT has affirmed that it could draw the power from other areas, by working with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority and Provincial Electricity Authority.

(NNT: Nuttaporn Chanchokpong)

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