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Title: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: Zurca on December 04, 2013, 10:01:35 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Consumers will have to brace themselves for a hefty increase in electricity prices this month.

Power utility Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has alerted consumers in their franchise area to prepare for an increase in generation charge that will range from P2 per kwh to more than P3 per kwh.

"The higher fuel prices and the tightness in the supply caused by the outage of the power plants contributed to the expectation that the generation charge for December will be higher," said Larry Fernandez, head of utility economics at Meralco.

Meralco will announce the final figure on December 9, Monday.

If Meralco would increase its rates by P3.50 per kwh, consumers who consume 200 kwh will pay P700 more this month.

A consumer who uses 300 kwh will pay P1,050 more, while one who uses 400 kwh will pay P1,400 more and one who uses 500 kwh will pay P1,750 more this month.

Meralco said the big increase in power rates is due to the maintenance shutdown of Malampaya natural gas facility where several of Meralco's power suppliers get their fuel to produce electricity.

These plants are still able to produce power but now it uses the more expensive diesel fuel.

Prices in the spot market, another supplier of Meralco, have also tripled as many power plants are also on emergency or scheduled shutdown.

Meralco spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga assured electricity prices will go down by February.

Even higher rates in the future?

Even the expenses for the rehabilitation of hundreds of transmission and distribution lines damaged by the super typhoon are in danger of being passed on to consumers.

Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla earlier said there is no update yet on the possibility of charging the expenses -- pegged at P6.5 billion -- to the Malampaya Fund.

Based on estimates by the Energy Regulatory Commission, each billion peso translates to an increase of P0.02/kwh.

But the ERC assured all petitions will be studied carefully to ensure that only legitimate expenses are charged to all consumers nationwide.

From ABS-CBNnews.com (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/12/03/13/meralcos-power-rates-set-soar-month)

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: glorious_den on December 04, 2013, 10:57:33 AM

Hay naku additional headache na naman sa budget.  Tipid tipid lang pag may time.

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: dennis magtulis on December 04, 2013, 03:59:32 PM

Buti na lang malamig ngayon..tipid tipid sa aircon
ay wala pala kami nun,,hehe
madalas kami wala sa bahay kaya wala pang 100 KWH ang consumption namin,,off ko na lang lage net pag matutulog na,,normally kasi leave ko siya naka on pag nagdadownload ako,,kahit panu bawas konsumo

And eto pa,,guys kakabili ko lang ng LPG,,,takte talaga! 888 na!  >:( >:( >:(

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: Prime™ on December 04, 2013, 04:05:12 PM

They've got a good scam... Errr business model going for them, I give them that.

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: Itachi101 on December 04, 2013, 09:28:58 PM

ano pa silbi ang mga funds manampaya
kala ko ba para sa energy ang funds
dapat dun na lang kunin ang increase payment

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: radicalerror on December 04, 2013, 10:32:29 PM

mag babayad pa din naman tayo kahit itaas nila...  :'( gusto ko din mag reklamo kaso papakitaan lng nila tayo ng mga reasons sa mga charges nila hehehe

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: GHOST PROTOCOL on December 10, 2013, 06:05:45 AM

sila ang mga makapangyarihan sa pilipinas. talak tayo ng talak kontra sa gobyerno pero ang gobyerno ay tuta lang ng mga naglalakihang kumpanyang ito. MERALCO. ABS CBN. GLOBE. MANILA WATERS. PLDT. hawak nila ang ilan sa pangunahing pangangailangan ng bansa. iisang tao lang ang nasa likod ng mga dambuhalang kumpanyang ito. idagdag pa ang SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION.

isipin nyo na lang kapag walang tubig, kuryente at linya ng komunikasyon sa pinas.

Title: Re: Meralco's power rates set to soar this month
Post by: xxxchoholic Rai ♥ on December 10, 2013, 08:23:35 PM

usually naman na ganito  (http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x229/blizzarah/onions/you2.gif) ang ginagawa ng mga corporations na yan eh..

kanya kanya lang sila ng pakulo (http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x229/blizzarah/onions/mojok-1.gif) para maitaas ang binabayaran

ng mga consumers nila (http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x229/blizzarah/onions/marah3.gif)

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