Official Announcement of the Third Party Access Framework Notification

On 2 May 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (the “ERC”) has officially enacted the ERC’s Notification re: Third Party Access Framework Guideline B.E. 2565 (2022) (the “Third Party Access Framework Notification”) with an effective date on 3 May 2022. 

Most of the key principals set out in the Third Party Access Framework Notification remain unchanged compared to its initial draft (Please refer to our previous update here) which aim to provide the possibility of transforming and liberalizing the electricity market to allow private sectors to participate in Thai electricity network systems.

The regulated entities (i.e. Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Provincial Electricity Authority and others entities that may further announced by the ERC) (the “Regulated Entities”) must procure and submit a third party access code to the ERC within 180 days after the effective date (i.e. within 29 October 2022). In addition, If the Regulated Entities receive an approval for the proposed a third party access code, the Regulated Entities must issue and announce the approved a third party access code within 30 days from the date the ERC approved the a third party access code to the public.