Businesses welcomed the decision by authorities to make a tiny reduction to the power tariff, dropping to 4.70 baht a kilowatt-hour (unit) from 4.77 baht a unit, but they called for more long-term measures to deal with expensive power bills, especially from the next government.
The new tariff rate, scheduled to take effect from May 1 to Aug 31, was proposed on Friday by a panel tasked with calculating the fuel tariff (Ft), a key component of the power tariff.
