Meralco announced power rate cuts, rotates brownouts schedule
It was definitely good news to customers of the Manila Electric Co. as Meralco announced that they will give another power rate cut this October.
Meralco customers will get lower bills this month as the power company reduced its rate by 11.55 centavos per kWh this October. This was made possible said Meralco vice president and utility economics head Ivanna de la Peña because of the lower cost of power obtained from Meralco’s various supplier for the month of September.
This was said to be the biggest cut for the last five years. Meralco said, at present, the cumulative decrease in generation charge was already P1.12 per kWh.
Customers consuming 100 kWh monthly will be saving P4.55 this month, while those consuming 200 kWh will be saving P15.72.
Unfortunately, after the good news on the power rate cut, Meralco announced it will implement rotating brownouts within its franchise area in Metro Manila on Thursday. The brownout was due to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) shutting down a transformer in the Dolores, Rizal substation.
NGCP is the operator of the country’s electricity superhighway. It said the power outages will last a maximum of three hours, twice a day in the affected areas. These include parts of Pasig, Cainta, Marikina, and San Juan.
According to Meralco, these brownouts would last until the replacement of the NGCP transformers have arrived.
October 8, 2009
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