Coal units restarted to curb electricity costsThe Mae Moh Power Station in Lampang province is the country’s largest lignite-coal power plant, with a capacity of 2,220 to 2,400 Megawatts. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the restart of two decommissioned units at the Mae Moh coal-fired power plant in a bid to contain rising electricity bills. (Photo: Egat)The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the restart of two decommissioned units at the Mae Moh coal-fired power plant in a bid to contain rising electricity bills. ERC secretary-general Poonpat Leesombatpiboon said the commission's board resolved that state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) should bring units 9 and 10 back online. Together, the two units can generate 600 megawatts of electricity, which will be added to Mae Moh's current total capacity of 700MW.
