Meralco announces electric bill hike for December

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<p>MANILA - Meralco on Friday said electric bills would increase in December after the refunds mandated by the energy regulator have been exhausted. </p><p>Electric bills will increase by P0.33 per kwh for the month, the utility distributor said. </p><p>For example, a household consuming 200 kwh will see an increase of P66 in their bill.</p><p>Other sample computations:</p><p>• 200kwh = P66<br/>• 300kwh = P99<br/>• 400kwh = P132<br/>• 500kwh = P165</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">JUST IN!!<br/><br/>Singil sa kuryente ng Meralco, tataas ng P0.33/kwh sa paparating na December 2022 bill.<br/>Natapos na kasi ang isa sa 4 na refund na iniutos ng ERC.<br/><br/>Eto ang katumbas ng dagdag singil:<br/><br/>Kunsumo Dagdag-Singil<br/>200kwh P66<br/>300kwh P99<br/>400kwh P132<br/>500kwh P165</p>— alvin elchico (@alvinelchico) <a href="https://twitter.com/alvinelchico/status/1601036076050952192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;We had ad upward adjustment P0.33 per kWh rounded off for December. This is the 1st of the 4 distribution rate reductions which the ERC ordered us to implement kaya hindi nahabol ng pagbaba (it cannot cover the reduction),&quot; Meralco Spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga said in a briefing. </p><p>The Energy Regulatory Commission earlier ordered Meralco to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/19/21/erc-orders-meralco-to-refund-p138-billion-to-customers">refund</a> funds to its customers.</p><p>Meralco said there are still 3 ongoing refunds with a total of P1.3340 per kwh that continue to temper the costs of electric bills. These are expected to be fully refunded by December 2022, January 2023 and May 2023 which &quot;impact will subsequently be felt in the<br/>succeeding billing periods.&quot;</p><p>An upward adjustment is also seen by January 2023 due to the completion of another round of refunds as well as the suspension of San Miguel Corp&#x27;s South Premiere Power Corp supply to Meralco, Zaldarriaga said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/28/22/75-mln-meralco-customers-to-be-affected-by-tro-on-power-deal-erc">7.5 million Meralco customers to be affected by TRO on power deal: ERC</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/12/08/22/erc-hopes-meralco-sppc-can-enforce-deal-to-avoid-rate-hike">Regulator hopes Meralco, SPPC can enforce supply deal to avoid rate hike</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong><br/> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2371156" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Meralco on Friday said electric bills would increase in December after the refunds mandated by the energy regulator have been exhausted. 

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Meralco announces electric bill hike for December

Meralco announces electric bill hike for December

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Published Dec 09, 2022 10:29 AM PHT

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Updated Dec 09, 2022 12:20 PM PHT

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