The Thai Sang Thai Party's (TST) chief strategist says she is against plans to raise the fuel tariff (FT), saying it will drive a surge in household power bills.
In April, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said a new power tariff will take the price of electricity to an average of 4.4 baht per kWh from September to December. But Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan said the last thing the people need is a rise in energy prices.
Writing on Facebook, she argued the hike is being proposed at a time when the three electricity generating state enterprises -- the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and the Provincial Electricity Authorty (PEA) -- have made accumulated profits exceeding 660 billion baht.
