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Published on November 13, 2007

On his first day in office, he said he would proceed with four main strategies involving power generation from coal and nuclear sources.

"Egat will concentrate more on corporate social responsibility," he said, adding that public acceptance would ensure that Egat's mission was accomplished.

Egat will speed up the establishment of a community fund to develop communities around its power plants. Meanwhile, ahead of the construction of a new coal-fired plant, Egat will spend about a year to educate the public. Sombat was not specific on where the location would be.

Sombat also said that that with high oil prices, using a variety of fuels would be a form of risk diversification and would also maintain generating costs, now that natural gas accounts for 70 per cent of the fuel for Thailand's power generation amid the depleting gas supply in the Gulf of Thailand.

Thailand's generating costs tend to rise, he noted, due to high dependence on natural gas. The quotations in the independent power producer bids will tell the level of future power costs, he said.

He said the generating cost from natural gas was Bt2.05 per unit, coal Bt2.10 to Bt2.20 and imported liquefied natural gas Bt2.60 to Bt2.70.

Under his leadership, Egat will also proceed with the purchase of electricity from neighbours, while its subsidiary Egat International will take the lead in investing overseas.

The first investment is the power plant at Nam Ngieb Dam in Laos, a Bt1-billion project that will be 25-per-cent owned by the subsidiary.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will proceed with the strategies highlighted in the Power Development Plan, said new governor Sombat Sarntijaree.

On his first day in office, he said he would proceed with four main strategies involving power generation from coal and nuclear sources.

"Egat will concentrate more on corporate social responsibility," he said, adding that public acceptance would ensure that Egat's mission was accomplished.

Egat will speed up the establishment of a community fund to develop communities around its power plants. Meanwhile, ahead of the construction of a new coal-fired plant, Egat will spend about a year to educate the public. Sombat was not specific on where the location would be.

Sombat also said that that with high oil prices, using a variety of fuels would be a form of risk diversification and would also maintain generating costs, now that natural gas accounts for 70 per cent of the fuel for Thailand's power generation amid the depleting gas supply in the Gulf of Thailand.

Thailand's generating costs tend to rise, he noted, due to high dependence on natural gas. The quotations in the independent power producer bids will tell the level of future power costs, he said.

He said the generating cost from natural gas was Bt2.05 per unit, coal Bt2.10 to Bt2.20 and imported liquefied natural gas Bt2.60 to Bt2.70.

Under his leadership, Egat will also proceed with the purchase of electricity from neighbours, while its subsidiary Egat International will take the lead in investing overseas.

The first investment is the power plant at Nam Ngieb Dam in Laos, a Bt1-billion project that will be 25-per-cent owned by the subsidiary.

The Nation