All these talk about Meralco and the high cost of electricity has made me wonder what the average Filipino household’s power bill looks like.
To make the comparison fair, why don’t we divide our electricity bill with the number of persons living in the house, including babies. I think the little darlings consume a bigger amount of electricity compared with the average person (need for airconditioning etc.)
For April, I paid P805.88 per person.
How does that compare with yours?
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Meralco shares went into a nosedive today after news of a possible investigation (good luck with making it look like a friendly Q&A) by Congress into how Meralco runs the show. If there’s anyone in the audience who doesn’t know that this is politically driven, raise your hand.
No hands?
If this entire hullabaloo actually brings down my electricity bill, goodie. But here’s a So What Chocnut snippet that people should not miss.
Exactly 20% of that electricity bill goes to Meralco. If you look at your bill, you will see the biggest portion is called generation charge, which goes to the independent power producers and the National Power Corp.
Yes, that means the government.
That simply means the power to bring down electricity rates is in the government’s hands. And that should make you wonder what the administration is trying to do. This early, the business community is already worried. Of course they are not buying the we-want-to-drive-down-electricity-costs-for-poor-Filipinos line. Former central bank governor and AIG’s standard bearer Joey Cuisia has already been interviewed on television saying, “After Meralco, who next?” Not good for business confidence.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:28 am
For April, our bill was around Php 940.00 per person but the aircon was running non-stop due to the hot weather, the children were watching TV non-stop, browsing the computer non-stop and playing their electronic games. I support the government’s call for transparency. HOW I WISH THIS GOVERNMENT CAN ALSO BE TRANSPARENT AND NOT USE THE MERALCO SITUATION TO DIVERT THE PUBLIC’S ATTENTION FROM THE RICE SHORTAGE & ITS OTHER SCAMS.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:39 am
why do lazy smutts complain about their electric bill? Filipinos should work harder and smarter. I pay over 15000 pesos a month, and I ain’t complaining shit. It shows that all Filipinos do is complain
May 9th, 2008 at 9:26 am
mine is P537.50 per person…WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHYY MERALCO CHARGES US WITH SYSTEM LOSS (PILFERAGE) WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. ALL OTHER PRIVATE COMPANIES (E.G. SUPERMART AND BANKS) DOES NOT BILL CLIENTS FOR SHOPLIFTING OR BANK ROBBERY LOSS.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:02 am
My husband and I are power-users living in a 3 BR condo. So far its just the two of us and our electricity bill rises to P1000/person. We don’t use aircon at all because we want to save on electricity. But our we both have PCs and a few gadets on at times.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:59 am
You forgot to mention that the “Independent Power Producers” which is a huge part of the generation charge are Meralco’s sister companies.