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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
The cost of electricity is likely to rise to an all-time high rate of 4.72 baht per unit in the last four months of this year. A source in the Energy Regulatory Commission said on Wednesday the commission resolved to raise the electricity fee from 4.00 to 4.72 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) in the September-December period. The commission would announce the new rate next Monday, the source said. The new rate will include a fuel tariff of 0.93 baht per unit, up by 0.67 baht per unit. With the planned increase, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) would continue to subsidise th…