29 October 2004
Signing on Power Purchase Agreement between GPG & EGAT
No. EGCO 110/553
Date: October 29, 2004
Attn: President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand
Subject: Signing on Power Purchase Agreement between GPG & EGAT
Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (EGCOMP) would like to inform
the Stock Exchange of Thailand that the 25-year Power Purchase Agreement
between Gulf Power Generation Co., Ltd.(GPG) and Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand (EGAT) was signed on October 28, 2004.
Gulf Electric Public Company Limited (GEC), which EGCOMP, Electric Power
Development Company Limited and Mit-Power (Thailand) limited hold 50 percent,
49 percent and 1 percent of shares respectively, holds 99.99 percent of
shares in GPG. GPG will operate the combined cycle power plants using gas
as fuel with the installed capacity of 1,468 megawatts, located in Kaeng Khoi
District, Saraburi Province. The commercial operating dates (COD) for
unit 1 and unit 2 with the capacity of 734 megawatts each are scheduled
on March 1, 2007 and March 1, 2008 respectively.
Yours sincerely,
Chalermchai Ratnarak
President
Corporate Secretary Division
Tel. 0 2998 5020 - 27