Published February 17, 2021, 3:59 PM
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) announced Feb. 8 a downward adjustment of power rates as the overall rate for a typical household decreased by P0.0704 per kWh, from last month’s P8.7497 per kWh to P8.6793 per kWh this February. This is equivalent to a decrease of around P14 in the total bill of residential customers consuming 200 kWh.
This month’s overall rate is also P0.1830 per kWh lower than February 2020’s rate of P8.8623 per kWh.
This month’s rate still includes the ERC-approved adjustments for MERALCO’s pass-through over/under-recoveries for the period January 2017 to December 2019. In an Order released 29 December 2020, ERC directed MERALCO to refund over-recoveries in transmission and other charges over a period of approximately three (3) months until fully refunded and to collect an under-recovery in the generation rate for approximately twenty-four (24) months until fully collected. MERALCO implemented the ERC-approv
Power rates this December second lowest since September 2017
This is equivalent to a decrease of around P7 in the total bill of residential customers consuming 200 kWh. This month’s overall rate is also a net rate reduction of P1.3870/kWh, equivalent to bill reduction of more than P277 for a 200-kWh household, since the start of the year. It is also the second lowest overall power rate since September 2017.
MERALCO continues to serve during GCQ Customers may visit their nearest Meralco Business Center, which will keep its doors open during the General Community Quarantine (GCQ), and accept service applications, payments, and other transactions.
Published December 17, 2020, 8:00 AM
Power rates down again in December 2020, Second lowest overall power rate since September 2017
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) announced another downward adjustment of power rates as the overall rate for a typical household decreased by P0.0352 per kWh, from last month’s P8.5105 per kWh to P8.4753 per kWh this December.
This is equivalent to a decrease of around P7 in the total bill of residential customers consuming 200 kWh.
This month’s overall rate is also a net rate reduction of P1.3870 per kWh, equivalent to bill reduction of
more than P277 for a 200 kWh household, since the start of the year.
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