3 For example, in 2012, Thailand’s peak power demand was 26,121 megawatts, but its total generating capacity was 32,395 megawatts (Middleton 2012).
4 From 2012 to 2014, it rapidly expanded its use of hydropower from Laos, rising 20 percent from 6 percent of its total energy supply in 2012 to 7.2 percent in 2014 (EGAT official 2014, personal communication).