Bangkok Post
Anutin orders probe into street lamp bill scandal
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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.
Key facts
- 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
- 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
- he said, adding that officials were gathering facts before reporting back to him.
- Asked whether the government would intervene if the charges proved to have been transferred to consumers, Mr Anutin said action would be taken.
Summary
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.
"The public must not bear this burden," he said, adding that officials were gathering facts before reporting back to him.