The Thai cabinet has approved 3.19 billion baht to subsidise electricity bills of households that consume no more than 300 units of electricity per month from January to April.

The budget is divided into 2.67 billion baht for the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) and the remainder for the Metropolitan Electricity Administration (MEA), to ease the financial burden of having to bear the cost of reducing the electricity charges for the smaller users.

Only households which are located in the areas covered by the services provided by the MEA, PEA, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and in areas under the concession contract of the Royal Thai Navy will be eligible for the four month subsidy.