Stevemercer Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 My God, you are all lucky bastards! I asked my wife to complain why we never got any discounts (house in Mahasarakham province). Our April bill was the usual 3,200 Baht for this time of the year. I always 'joked' we paid some sort of special farang rate because our bill is always high despite not using the air conditioner much. The PEA office said that we were still on the original construction metre installed when our house was built and that we were still paying at the construction rate (8 Baht per unit versus the normal 4 Baht per unit domestic rate). They estimated that we had overpaid by some 100,000 Baht over the nearly 5 years we have been in the house. They said they would change the metre next day, but nobody has been around to date (1 week later). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Got our last bill (Hua Hin area) which, from the units consumed, would have been around ThB 3500 but final total was around ThB 650. Bills in my Thai wife's name but she has my surname. Tried to work out the discount rational but gave up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerandDog Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Depending on the type of connection you have (5 or 15 kWh ) affects your bill at the moment. We have 5 kWh connection to the main house and our electricity for March & April was free, as will May. We have just finished building a small bungalow behind the main house and it has 15kWh connection. We are being charged 4 baht per unit and that bill has to be paid. So I'm guessing the power bills that are giving a discount are 15kWh connections as ALL electric authorities are supposed to be providing free electricty for March, April & May if the connection is 5kWh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerandDog Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stevemercer said: My God, you are all lucky bastards! I asked my wife to complain why we never got any discounts (house in Mahasarakham province). Our April bill was the usual 3,200 Baht for this time of the year. I always 'joked' we paid some sort of special farang rate because our bill is always high despite not using the air conditioner much. The PEA office said that we were still on the original construction metre installed when our house was built and that we were still paying at the construction rate (8 Baht per unit versus the normal 4 Baht per unit domestic rate). They estimated that we had overpaid by some 100,000 Baht over the nearly 5 years we have been in the house. They said they would change the metre next day, but nobody has been around to date (1 week later). They don't come around to change the meter, they change it in the PEA office, and they don't refund the overcharges. Edited June 2, 2020 by TigerandDog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracyb Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Check to see what you paid for February usage. You may find that your current bill is for the same amount. Mine was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALes Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I got a huge discount for May at my condo in Jomtien. A look at the last 5 months of bills shows 252 showing up in January and February (when I am away) and again in May, despite a 544 unit usage that normally would result in a bill close to 2,000 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Mine was very low despite a lot of air-con usage, or at least much more than normal. One help was that the water coming out of the fak bua has been so warm that hot showers for the entire family have been off for two months. That must save a bit and I did get a discount of about 500 for whatever. Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 No discount for me at my house. Still around 3800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flexomike Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 21 hours ago, ianezy0 said: Yes not sure 4MyEgo but here is a copy and I did indeed only pay 182 Baht. It is probably right, I think part of the billing is based on your February bill, which was very low usage you should get this discount for three months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rascalman Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I am old use a lot of AC my bill is usually 5,000 baht! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 22 hours ago, 4MyEgo said: Total bill sounds like the discount is 182.72 Baht, or as Steve100 said above, it's an error, sorry to be the one to deliver the bad news, ours went down about 400 baht, but there is 6 of us here and our bill was 1145.00 Baht. I got a 3% discount last month (around 415 baht) let's see what will happen this month 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieabroad Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Got my bill end of April, 2,820 (about average) and it was discounted down to 1,880. Near enough the same bill and discount end of May. The missus contacted the electricity office and they said the discount will continue for 4 months. More beer money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 On 6/1/2020 at 7:47 PM, ianezy0 said: Yes not sure 4MyEgo but here is a copy and I did indeed only pay 182 Baht. You paid for the same consumption you had in February = 44 units. Then -3% on top of that. One question, do you live in a very small shoebox? How is it possible to consume 44 units = 44 kWh during a month? That's equal to the smallest fridge in the world plus one fan. Same with the rest of your monthly consumptions. Don't you have a TV or air-con like other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Geordieabroad said: Got my bill end of April, 2,820 (about average) and it was discounted down to 1,880. Near enough the same bill and discount end of May. The missus contacted the electricity office and they said the discount will continue for 4 months. More beer money You're paying for the consumption you had in the February bill for 3 months (maybe even 4 months) + 3% off on top of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianezy0 Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, Max69xl said: You paid for the same consumption you had in February = 44 units. Then -3% on top of that. One question, do you live in a very small shoebox? How is it possible to consume 44 units = 44 kWh during a month? That's equal to the smallest fridge in the world plus one fan. Same with the rest of your monthly consumptions. Don't you have a TV or air-con like other people? Ha ha.. no it isn't a shoebox. The Condo was empty. I only moved in in April My bet is that you were not a detective in your former life ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 6/1/2020 at 7:40 PM, ianezy0 said: As I remember reading, the government announced a discount for people to help reduce the larger bills with being at home most of the time. They also stated the initial 9 units of water would be free but this must have been for houses because mine was the normal amount. Sorry, I tried to find the announcement but couldn't find it but I did read it somewhere. Discount for lecky is 3% buy an ice cream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 15 hours ago, TigerandDog said: They don't come around to change the meter, they change it in the PEA office, and they don't refund the overcharges. When i finished building they DID change the meter, i had to pay 10,000 baht before construction and WAS refunded deposit, less usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo1968 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I had my highest ever electric bill in the past years I have been living in this part of Thailand ( south of Khon Kaen ), the reason was very hot weather every day and night with no wind. I live in a small bungalow style house out of town, 3 other houses including owners and lovely gardens. My bill was 1,500 baht but it was free. Nice one electricity company and Thai govt !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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