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Home » Reader question » With all those air conditioners in Thailand, the power consumption must be huge, right?
With all those air conditioners in Thailand, the power consumption must be huge, right?
Dear readers,
Much in Thailand is much cheaper than in our country. An exception is electricity, which is quite expensive by Thai standards. What I wonder is that the power consumption in Thailand must be huge, right? When I see all those large shopping centers and the many hotels, the air conditioning is running everywhere. Nowadays every office/shop has 1 or more air conditioners.
Does anyone know what the current state of electricity consumption is in Thailand? Is that higher than in the Netherlands/Belgium, for example?
Regards,
Casper
I don't know what electricity costs in the Netherlands nowadays, but I can't imagine that it is higher in the Netherlands, including fixed charges, than in Thailand.
The rate for private individuals also has brackets, just like the tax.
I think 3.
From a certain limit, a higher rate applies to everything you use more than that limit.
People who only have a lamp, a refrigerator and a TV therefore pay little.
If you have an air conditioner or an electric blanket, it will quickly become more expensive, because the KWH price will rise.
Different rates will probably apply to companies, and large consumers will receive electricity almost for free, just like in the Netherlands.
Thais find everything that comes directly from their state or not, much too expensive.
In principle, 1 KwH in TH costs about the same or slightly more as here in NL, BUT on the bill here in NlL there are all kinds of taxes and transport costs and standing charges, which triple the price per KwH. Just like with water, by the way. Just received my annual statement. Furthermore, the KwH/price in NL varies enormously with the me. and what kind of contract you have.
it is true that in TH in their summer / so in the hottest time, consumption and therefore costs of electricity increase enormously. This is exactly the same topic in the newspaper every year.
Poor Thai people with little consumption do not pay anything for electricity / but you really cannot run AC from that. then the collection costs will be higher than the actual cost for the EGAT.
To my knowledge, electricity is € 0,20 per Kw hour and in Thailand less than € 0,05, so cheaper in any case.
We use 2 air conditioners both about 8 hours a day and I pay for total consumption, including refrigerator, TV, etc., about 1500 baht.
As you can see, we are a large consumer and get it almost for free.
Apparently it varies from region to region. We have 2 air conditioners that also run 8 hours and a large fridge, all 3 inverter and TV. Only received invoice: 3.500 Baht. Now in peak month. In the less warm period, when the air conditioning is running sporadically, the cost is 1000 Baht.
In Warin Chamrap (Ubon) I rarely have the air conditioners on, but I have 3 refrigerators and a freezer, a refrigerator and the freezer are automatically turned off at night. I have 18 solar panels, but the PEA has installed a new blocked meter so that it no longer runs back, so in principle they steal from me but can't do anything about it, despite my solar panels I now pay 2997 Baht, previously 2 years ago I paid +/- 1200 baht / m.
I use a small 2800 kW/h per year in the Netherlands (normal use)
In Thailand with ease double use but NOT double costs in total, the kWh price is almost the same, but what applies in the Netherlands is the following:
What applies is that the kWh price of electricity in the Netherlands has actually been fairly low until now. What is added are VAT, Network costs, Meter costs, Environmental tax, Accelerated Depreciation coal-fired power plants (although these do not use coal), Surcharges, etc.
This article contains an overview of prices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_pricing
This month, a number of Thais complained about the higher electricity bill, but
that was caused by the high outside temperatures.
My electricity bill is slightly below that of the Netherlands in the past.
It should be noted that I do not have a gas bill.
Except for the actual use you pay a little for the meter and 7% VAT tax.
The kite of the more use the cheaper the Kw price does not apply in Thailand.
The more you use, the more expensive the Kw price and that can quickly add up.
The neighbor who lives alone pays 3,642 Thb per Kw
We consume much more and pay 4,535 Thb per Kw
The neighbor across the street has a water purification company and pays almost 10 Thb per Kw
So also the question to Tom Bang whether he is not mistaken with the euro sign for the 0.05, personally think of the amount to see that this must also be 0,05 Thb.
If you meant large-scale consumer to my response, then by large-scale consumer I meant a shopping mall or a factory.
Not a private individual with a large consumption.
I don't think the Central will pay 4,535 Baht per KWH.
I once saw an invoice from a large company in the Netherlands, which then only paid a few cents for a KWH.
If I remember correctly, about 30% of what I had to pay at home.
That will be no different in Thailand.
We pay 4,2 baht per k/w incl barrel
The question asked was: With all those air conditioners in Thailand, the power consumption must be huge, right?
But no one is talking about the gigantic power consumption ... which is expressed in Mega Watt or other electrical quantity ... most of the answers are about the cost ..!
And not about the necessary capacity to cool the case!