Tag: power rate hike

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 […]

Supreme Court extends TRO preventing Meralco from imposing power rate hike

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended for another two months, or until April 22, the temporary restraining order (TRO) against the planned P4.15 per kilowatt-hour power rate hike of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco). The extension of the TRO effectively prevented Meralco from implementing the rate hike.  The TRO was supposed to end on February 23. The SC en banc decided to extend the TRO after acting on the “urgent motion for extension […]