Supattanapong, the deputy prime minister in charge of the Finance Ministry, is able to reform the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)’s production costs, according to Korn.
Instead of shifting the responsibility to the people, he stated, “He can help with Egat’s cost structure.”
Formerly a prominent Democrat, Korn currently serves as the Chart Pattana Kla Party’s leader and prime ministerial candidate.
Supattanapong previously contested Korn’s proposal that the fuel tariff (FT), which is currently 0.93 baht per unit and is used to determine energy rates, be decreased from 0.93 to zero for the three-month hot season.
According to Supattanapong, the FT represented the price of fuel required to produce electricity.
Since it would be expensive to subsidize everyone, the government is concentrating on assisting vulnerable populations, he continued. This argument was rejected by Korn.
He claimed during an election rally in Roi Et that the present price of power, 4.72 Baht per unit, is excessively high given the price of imported liquefied natural gas has decreased and the Baht has strengthened.
He claimed that the government is burdening people with higher electricity costs rather than lowering them.
In addition to making power more affordable, eliminating the FT charge for three months will better reflect actual production costs, according to Korn, who also added that his party’s recommendation to do so was the result of extensive consideration.
He declared, “I understand the financial and monetary principles well.
Next, he addressed Supattanapong, saying, “You have to answer to the public about how you will take responsibility for the expensive cost of electricity.”
You oversee economic matters as deputy prime minister, minister of energy, and leader of the economic team for the political party that proposed the prime minister as its candidate for prime minister, Korn continued.
He was one of the first MPs to bring up the subject of high electricity costs, which has turned into a political minefield for the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
