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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
National

Energy reform 'must proceed'

Trucks stop along Vibhavadi Rangsit Road near the Energy Ministry in Bangkok in 2022 as part of a protest urging action over high fuel prices. (Bangkok Post file photo)

Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the government would need to work more closely with the private sector on energy transition measures if the Constitutional Court decides to reject its 400-billion-baht emergency borrowing decree, stressing that energy reform is vital to economic security.

He was commenting ahead of Thursday's Constitutional Court ruling on the decree, which authorises the Ministry of Finance to borrow up to 400 billion baht to address energy-related pressures and support the country's energy transition.

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