Nation Thailand
Homes without house registration qualify for lower power bills
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Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved lower electricity charges for eligible homes without permanent house registration, replacing the temporary-supply tariff with the same rates applied to ordinary residential properties.
Key facts
- The change takes effect from September 2026 electricity bills, reducing the energy charge from THB6.8024 per unit to no more than THB3 per unit for the first 200 units
- The utilities subsequently proposed a rate of THB4.4217 per unit, equivalent to the highest residential energy-charge band under the previous tariff structure.
- Under the revised arrangement, the energy charge for the first 200 units will not exceed THB3 per unit
- It was brought before the National Energy Policy Council on July 15, 2026, when the council resolved that the rates should be reviewed to bring them into line with those for permanent residential properties.
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Summary
The change takes effect from September 2026 electricity bills, reducing the energy charge from THB6.8024 per unit to no more than THB3 per unit for the first 200 units. Consumption above that level will be charged under the standard residential tariff’s progressive bands.
Poonpat Leesombatpiboon, secretary-general of the ERC Office, said the regulator had been reviewing charges for households using temporary electricity meters because the existing arrangement was unfair. Some affected users were on low incomes but had to pay more for electricity than households with permanent registration.