MCOT, April 20- Political parties participate in the debate on the program “MCOT, in-depth election 66”, offering the same proposal to reduce the FT fee, defer debt, use gas in the Gulf of Thailand. Help reduce electricity bills immediately.
The MCOT electoral in-depth program 66 invites representatives from 5 political parties ranked among 1 in 5 of the party leaders whose polls indicate that there is a chance to become Prime Minister, namely Pheu Thai Party, Kao Klai Party, Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party. Palang Pracharat Party and the Democratic Party by representatives of political parties mentioning how to solve the problem of high electricity bills and will do so immediately
Mr. Pita Limjaroenrat far-reaching party leader Said that the problem of rising electricity bills Tomorrow (April 21), there is a meeting of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) asking to review whether to reduce the FT or not, which the FT can be reduced by reducing the market margin. too high And asked to change the gas used to generate electricity to be gas from the Gulf of Thailand. And saw that there were 22 satangs that had to return the 100 billion baht debt to EGAT. Therefore, please reduce the FT fee first.
Chuti Krairiksh, deputy leader of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party said in the morning the prime minister has done By presenting an opinion to the ERC that it can reduce the FT price without increasing the price. And ask to postpone part of the debt and the variable FT, different numbers at 3.90 baht, which the government is not indifferent because General Prayut Chan-o-cha acts as Prime Minister who has to take care of the country
Jurin Laksanawisit, leader of the Democrat Party Said the electricity bill could be reduced. Because electricity costs consist of base electricity, FT and VAT, which can still be adjusted down from 3.72 baht from the gas price, which we refer to the price of imported gas. Instead of relying on gas prices produced in Thailand, which are lower, while the back-up power generation is in long-term contracts. If you can negotiate that you don’t have to reserve as much as 50-60%, which should only be 15%, it can reduce the cost. And should adjust the method of calculating the new FT value by taking the actual price that has already happened a month ago, used to calculate the new FT
Phrommin Lertsuri Dej Chairman of the Economic Committee Pheu Thai Party said that the important thing is that the basic price structure and the FT can be negotiated and adjusted down. which the truth has been warned from the Federation of Industries long ago Why did you just do it?
Mr. Mingkwan Sangsuwan, Economic Working Group Palang Pracharat Party Said that there are 2 parts of electricity bills: the base electricity price and the FT price, which the FT price changes all the time and at present, people are receiving very expensive electricity bills. Next month will be more expensive. which, if the electricity cost is high, will be linked to the manufacturing industry Therefore, the Pracharath Palang Party has a policy to reduce electricity prices. Households will decrease by 47% and the industry will decrease by 43%.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency