Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 9) — Meralco on Friday announced a slight increase of ₱0.12 per kWh in its power rates in October. A typical household consuming 200 kWh a month will have to pay around ₱24 more.
The overall rate for a typical household is up to P8.5500/kWh from P8.4288/kWh in September. The increase comes after a five-month downtrend in power rates.
Higher demand and limited supply from the Luzon grid have pushed up generation charges, the power distributor said. It cited that the Malampaya natural gas restriction from August 28 to September 6 and forced outage of several large plants in the first week of September tightened the supply conditions in the Luzon grid. Meralco said the demand for electricity in Luzon increased in September — when Metro Manila shifted from modified enhanced community quarantine to a relaxed general community quarantine.
