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September 21, 2019

PLC Energy and Natural Resources (Electricity) Global Guide 2019 – Thailand Chapter

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Tilleke & Gibbins has contributed to the electricity regulation section of Practical Law Company’s Energy and Natural Resources Global Guide , which provides a Q&A-style overview of power issues and regulations across 22 jurisdictions worldwide.

The Thailand chapter, written by Supasit Boonsanong, a partner in the Tilleke & Gibbins corporate and commercial group and co-head of the firm’s regional energy industry group, details Thailand’s domestic electricity market, regulatory framework, and procedures and requirements. In particular, it covers the following subjects:

  • Electricity market and regulatory structure
  • Main companies, foreign ownership, and import of electricity
  • Sources of electricity generation, authorization, and operating requirements
  • Transmission authorization, operating requirements, and charges
  • System balancing
  • Distribution authorization, operating requirements, and charges
  • Supply authorization and operating requirements, trading between generators and suppliers, electricity price and conditions of sale, and statutory powers
  • Tax issues and insurance
  • Reform

Practical Law Company is owned by Thomson Reuters and provides global guides covering legal know-how for corporate lawyers, including the Global Guides  series which cover dozens of industries and practice areas in over 100 countries. Tilleke & Gibbins also contributes the Vietnam chapter of the electricity regulation guide, as well as numerous others.

The full chapter can be viewed on the Practical Law website or downloaded using the button below.

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