Meralco rates slighty up in December

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power distributor, announced on Wednesday that there will be a slight increase in the rate for a typical household this December of P0.1011 per kilowatthour after four straight months of reduction totalling P0.35, thereby bringing it to P8.36 per kWh.

This translates to an increase of around P20 in the total electricity bill of a household with monthly consumption of 200 kWh. The increase this month is mainly a result of the upward movement in the generation charge.