History

Thailand had electricity for the first time in 1960 during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). On the day the first electric lighting experiment was launched, it was found that nobles, government officials, and the general public crowded around to see the electric lights with excitement. When His Majesty learned of this, King Rama V immediately ordered the installation of electric lighting in the Grand Palace. After that, electricity began to spread to the palaces of the royal family.

When PEA was established with an initial capital of 87 million baht. PEA was responsible for 200 electricity stations, 137,377 electricity users, and 2,119 employees. The maximum electricity power in 1960 was only 15,000 kW, produced by diesel-powered generators. It could produce 26.4 million units of electricity per year and approximately 1 million people, or 5 percent of the 23 million people nationwide at that time, benefited from electricity.

Entering the second decade of PEA’s establishment, the potential of the readiness for development accumulated in the late first decade, coupled with the beginning of the 3rd National Economic and Social Development Plan (1972-1976), and the driving force of the people’s demand for electricity that has been increasing at a very high rate of almost 30 percent per year, has caused PEA to prepare to adjust its plan to actively prepare for the development of rural electricity and to keep up with the people’s needs.

Electricity plays a very important role in the progress of every aspect of the country. Because electricity is part of the infrastructure used in all types of activities, creates productivity, helps promote continuous economic and social development. Therefore, the country's electricity consumption rate is directly related to the amount of growth of the gross national product, national income, and the country's economic expansion.

PEA's operations over the past 30 years have been very successful. We has been able to expand the electricity distribution system to provide services to people in its area of ​​responsibility comprehensively. This has enabled the electricity service to support industrial businesses that have moved their investment sources from the city to the countryside, and to provide more services to the people. This has spread to the countryside and allowed other types of services to be provided to the people more, thus spreading prosperity throughout the country.

PEA realizes the importance of providing services to create customer satisfaction along with increasing operational efficiency, including focusing on changing management methods to be modern, flexible and fast in order to be competitive in business and create confidence for investors in making decisions to conduct various businesses.

PEA has adjusted its organizational structure and operational strategies to be in line with the current situation, striving to provide efficient electrical services along with continuous organizational development in terms of quality and service, aiming to become an organization that excels in the electrical power business, responding to customer expectations, and co-creating value for society and the environment with digital technology, driving the organization towards PEA Digital Utility.

Including supporting the trading of clean energy along with supporting people to access clean energy through various projects such as installing electric vehicle charging stations and providing services through the PEA Volta Platform, providing PEA Solar Rooftop installation services. In addition, it focuses on developing digital electricity user services through PEA Smart Plus / PEA E-Service to support changing consumer behavior.