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Discounts on cooking gas and power tariff

Electricity Energy Epac Kulit Sombatsiri Energy Policy
From left, permanent energy secretary Kulit Sombatsiri, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow and Prasert Sinsukprasert, director-general of the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency hold signs with a message encouraging people to cut energy consumption to cope with rising energy prices, at the Energy Ministry in Bangkok in March. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) on Monday agreed to extend a subsidy for cooking gas for social welfare beneficiaries and assistance for household electricity bills until the end of this year.

About 3.74 million people under the state social welfare card scheme will be entitled to a 100-baht discount on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used for cooking. Most households will be given graded discounts on the fuel tariff (Ft) component of electricity bills from September to December.

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