How electricity goes to your

house
Electricity Appliance
Outlet & Switch
Outlet Switch
Main switch
 Protection in case of
short circuit
 Switch for
maintenance
 Fuse or circuit
breaker
Meter
Low voltage line
 230 Volt
 Supply low voltage
to individual house
Distribution transformer
 Step down voltage
from distribution
level (24,000 V) to
Low volt level (230
V)
Distribution Line
 Distribute 24,000
volt to load center
(Building complex,
shopping mall,
Group of House ..
Etc.)
Distribution substation
 Step transmission
voltages down to
distribution voltages
 Split the distribution
power off in multiple
directions.
Indoor substation
Transmission line
 Transmit bulk power
from generation
plant to substaion in
long distance
 High voltage in
hundred thousand
volt (500,000
230,000 115,000 )
Transmission Substation

 Convert the generator's voltage (which is at

the thousands of volts level) up to extremely
high voltages for long-distance transmission
on the transmission grid.
Power plant
Power plant
 Convert mechanical energy to electric
energy
 Far from load
 Near to resource or transport
 Environmental issue
Renewable power
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Power Industry

Power Producer & Supplier Power Distributors

EGAT
MEA PEA
Electricity
Private sectors Metropolitan Provincial Electricity
Generating Authority
Electricity Authority Authority
of Thailand

IPP – Independent Power

Producer

SPP – Small Power Producer

VSPP – Very Small Power

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Thailand’s Electric Power Industry
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IPP SPP VSPP

Mostly Conventional Energy

Cogeneration Renewable Cogeneration Renewable
(Coal, Natural gas, Oil)

> 90 MW Generation > 10 MW - 90 MW Generation ≤ 10 MW Generation

EGAT EGAT MEA or PEA

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