Despite new energy restrictions, Thailand's small power producers will continue under pressure

THAILAND'S SMALL POWER PRODUCERS (SPPs) with strong exposure to industrial clients may continue to experience pressure from high-energy fuel sources, even as the country's Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) aims to establish a new method to offset rising power prices due to countrywide gas shortages.

This is because SPPs' energy sales to industrial clients are taxed at a grid rate, with no direct fuel price pass-through, ....