Tag: Meralco

Singil sa kuryente, muling tataas sa susunod na buwan

PASAY City, Philippines — Tataas ang singil sa kuryente ng Manila Electric Company o Meralco sa susunod na buwan. Ayon sa Meralco, ito ay bunsod ng tinatawag na ancillary charge. Mahigit limang bilyong piso ang kokolektahin sa lahat ng mga consumer para ibayad sa mga back-up o reserbang planta. Katumbas ito ng P6.50 na dagdag na sisingilin sa mga taga-Luzon sa loob ng anim na buwan at dalawang taon sa mga residente ng Visayas at Mindanao. […]

Palace lauds private sector effort to avert brownouts

MANILA, April 18 – Communications Secretary Herminio B. Coloma Jr. recognized the efforts of the private sector to avert brownouts last Friday after the Luzon grid was placed on red alert due to the lack of power reserves. “Nagpalabas ang NGCP ng yellow alert status noong umaga na itinaas pa nila into a red alert status sa bandang tanghali. Ngunit ito ay natugunan kaagad sa pamamagitan ng interruptible load program. Ito ang boluntaryong pagtulong ng […]

Power bills up by 22 centavos per KWH due to general charge hike, updated fit

MERALCO has announced that power bills will increase by 22 centavos per kilowatt-hour this month — the price adjustment was due to the hike in the generation charge and the updated feed-in-tariff allowance. This means, a typical household consuming 200 KWH will have an increase of PHP 44 in their power bills. Meralco noted the new overall power rate amounts to PHP 8.86 per KWH. Meralco noted Luzon’s power demand from February to March went up by […]

MIAA and Meralco coordinate with DOE and DOST regarding power outage

MANILA, Philippines – The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) Meralco are coordinating with the Department of Energy and the Department of Science and Technology to ensure that the power outage incident in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last Saturday (April 2) will be prevented from occurring again. Meralco developed a stronger partnership with the MIAA, appointing a relationship manager to NAIA Terminal 3. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay […]

ERC may order refund for power hike

MANILA, Philippines – The Energy Regulatory Commission stated that it finds the power rate hike implemented by Meralco this February to high and may order a refund if it finds the defense of Meralco untenable. Earlier, Meralco stated that it implemented a power rate hike due to the increase in the price of electricity of the contractors. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/bd1UbOiENMo

Meralco costumers may receive refund

Customers of Meralco may receive another refund due to the over-charging made by said electric company in the period of 2012-2013 worth Php 650 million. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Meralco to implement power rate hike this month

Power charges will increase by 55 centavos per kilowatt-hour (kwh) this month for Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) customers. MERALCO said, “the increase in the overall rates was primarily due to the generation charge.” MERALCO rates up: P0.055/kwh 200kwh- p11.00 300kwh- p16.50 400kwh-p22.00 500kwh-p27.50 https://youtu.be/gKWKBF1oQNM With the development, the new overall charge amounts to php8.605 per kwh. Meralco added power bills of households — with a monthly consumption of 200 kwh — will amount to a […]

MERALCO warns against higher electric charges

PASIG City, Philippines, July 30 (Eagle News) — Meralco warned the public against the possibility of higher electric charges in the coming month due to supply restrictions placed on the Malampaya natural gas plant which can lead to higher price of electricity on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Kv7wdDI-2-Q

Meralco will cut electricity charges this June

PASIG City, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — According to Meralco, there will be a possible 15 to 20 centavo decrease per kilowatt/hour in electricity charges due to lower generation charges which in turn resulted from the lower price of coal and liquid fuel used by power plants. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/OWF4yGrTYFg

Consumers react against increase in generation charges

PASIG City, Philippines, May 29 (Eagle News) — Consumers start to react negatively against the increase in generation charges that will be imposed by Meralco in June in response to the limited supply of natural gas coming from the Malampaya power plant in the middle of May. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)