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THE Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday said the extremely high temperatures have been affecting the operations of power plants as the red alert was once again raised for the third consecutive day in the Luzon grid. The red alert notice was up from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and…
Twin reduction wipes out rate increases since the start of the year.
Electricity rates this month will go down by almost P1 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P10.9518 per kWh from P11.9397 per kWh in March, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said Monday. Meralco said the rate reduction, which is equivalent to a decrease of around P198 in the total electricity bill…
THE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will register a customer count of eight million this year, an increase of about 2.5 percent from last year’s 7.8 million. During a recent news briefing, the utility firm reported that it expects to reach 8 million customers by November 2024. “We expect to hit…
HIGHER power generation charge led to an increase of P0.5738 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the February electricity rate, bringing overall rate for a typical household to P11.9168 per kWh this month from P11.3430 per kWh in January. For residential customers of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) consuming 200 kWh, the…