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 David Beckstead, a consultant in the Tilleke & Gibbins corporate and commercial 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

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