Regulatory Developments for Energy Liberalization in Thailand

Abstract The paper explores the regulatory developments for energy liberalization in electricity and gas sectors. It displays that government made vital institutional and regulatory reforms to create and implement energy liberalization in Thailand. Nevertheless, the author also points out that there are regulatory issues for implementation of the energy liberalization. The paper proposes some possible plans for regulatory developments with the focus on energy liberalization and competition. It provides an overview of regulatory developments which contribute to liberalization of the Thai energy sectors anol describes the regulatory challenges which hinder the process of the energy liberalization. The paper offers suggestions for the regulatory developments in order to ensure the implementation of energy liberalization toward market efficiency and competition.