Party-list solon files intervention vs. Meralco new power rate hike before ERC

True enough to his promise, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares on Thursday filed a motion to intervene against the proposed power rate hike being proposed by Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) for the months of April, May and June and July.

Meralco submitted to the ERC its computation for generation charge in April. Meralco's computation showed that the generation charge is estimated to be almost Php 6 per kilowatt hour in April compared to March, which will result in an increase of almost Php 0.70 per kilowatt hour. For the month of April the power rate increase would be Php 0.89/kWh.