Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced it would issue new meter-based bills in June to its consumers, and said bills from March, April and May which were based on estimated averages should be disregarded.
Gatchalian says the marginalized sector would find it hard to settle their two-month electricity bills in full considering their current financial capacity.
Electricity rates for a typical household consuming at least 200 kilowatt-hours (kWh) increased to P9.0862 per kWh this October from last month’s P9.0414 per kWh. The increase of P0.0488 per kWh will mean a hike of P9 in the typical household’s total bill.