Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an investigation into claims that the cost of public street lighting may have been incorporated into household electricity bills, amid growing public scrutiny over whether consumers have been unfairly bearing the expense.
Mr Anutin said he had instructed the Energy Ministry, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to establish how the charges arose, when the practice began and whether the burden had in fact been passed on to electricity users.
