Strategic Roadmap for Liberalizing Thailand’s Electricity Distribution Market : Part 5
Date : 5 January 2026
### 6) Pillar D — Build the Digital Market Layer (From Sandbox to System)
Thailand has explored peer-to-peer (P2P) concepts and sandbox experimentation, showing technical feasibility but also illustrating why pilots cannot scale without rules for settlement, consumer protection, and network charging. Public information on P2P-related initiatives (including utility-supported pilots) reinforces that technology is not the main barrier—market design and regulation are.
**Recommended digital architecture:**
- **National energy data access standards**: Define who can access meter data, under what consent, cybersecurity, and privacy conditions.
- **Central settlement and switching platform**: A neutral platform that processes switching, validates meter data, calculates network charges, and settles imbalances.
- **DER aggregation rules**: License aggregators to pool rooftop solar, batteries, EV chargers, and flexible loads to provide services.
- **(Optional) Renewable attribute tracking**: If policy wants credible green procurement claims, implement certificates/attributes with auditable rules.
This digital layer enables competition beyond “selling kWh”—it creates a market for flexibility, reliability services, and customer-centric products.
### 7) Reliability and Investment: Recasting MEA/PEA as DSOs
A reformed market must strengthen—not weaken—grid operations. The future-facing role for MEA/PEA network arms is the **Distribution System Operator (DSO)**: actively managing DER, congestion, voltage, fault response, and hosting capacity.
To support this, shift regulation toward **performance-based incentives**:
- Reward reductions in technical losses, outage duration, and connection times.
- Reward DER hosting capacity and timely interconnections.
- Penalize poor service quality and discriminatory behavior.
This aligns utility incentives with modernization and public value, while allowing competitive retailers and service providers to innovate.
To be continued——————————————————————————————————————————————————
#DistributionMarketReform #Thaitimes #ManagerOnline #News1Strategic Roadmap for Liberalizing Thailand’s Electricity Distribution Market : Part 5
Date : 5 January 2026
### 6) Pillar D — Build the Digital Market Layer (From Sandbox to System)
Thailand has explored peer-to-peer (P2P) concepts and sandbox experimentation, showing technical feasibility but also illustrating why pilots cannot scale without rules for settlement, consumer protection, and network charging. Public information on P2P-related initiatives (including utility-supported pilots) reinforces that technology is not the main barrier—market design and regulation are.
**Recommended digital architecture:**
- **National energy data access standards**: Define who can access meter data, under what consent, cybersecurity, and privacy conditions.
- **Central settlement and switching platform**: A neutral platform that processes switching, validates meter data, calculates network charges, and settles imbalances.
- **DER aggregation rules**: License aggregators to pool rooftop solar, batteries, EV chargers, and flexible loads to provide services.
- **(Optional) Renewable attribute tracking**: If policy wants credible green procurement claims, implement certificates/attributes with auditable rules.
This digital layer enables competition beyond “selling kWh”—it creates a market for flexibility, reliability services, and customer-centric products.
### 7) Reliability and Investment: Recasting MEA/PEA as DSOs
A reformed market must strengthen—not weaken—grid operations. The future-facing role for MEA/PEA network arms is the **Distribution System Operator (DSO)**: actively managing DER, congestion, voltage, fault response, and hosting capacity.
To support this, shift regulation toward **performance-based incentives**:
- Reward reductions in technical losses, outage duration, and connection times.
- Reward DER hosting capacity and timely interconnections.
- Penalize poor service quality and discriminatory behavior.
This aligns utility incentives with modernization and public value, while allowing competitive retailers and service providers to innovate.
To be continued——————————————————————————————————————————————————
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