Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisan reassured Bangkok citizens over the weekend that the city’s interrupted natural gas supply would not result in blackouts over the Songkran holiday.
Governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Suthus Pattamasiriwat echoed this sentiment. While on the NBT weekly television program Yingluck Government Meets the People, Suthus said that Thailand’s 2,400 megawatt reserve of electricity would make up for any shortages.
Thailand’s electricity supply is being strained this week, as repairs to the Yadana natural gas field in Myanmar severely reduce the country’s supply of electricity.
The Bangkok Post reports that industrial concerns have adopted plans to lower their electrical consumption in response to energy shortfall.
