 In November 2016, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha put the project "on-hold".According to the "Bangkok Post", this is a move to "buy time".In early 2017, following a series of protests by those opposed to a coal-fired plant in Krabi, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered that new environmental (EIA) and health impact assessments (EHIA) be conducted for the Krabi project.