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 4:27 pm
P840 per person (5 persons, 2 of which are always in the office.)
May 9th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Approximately 1800php per person…up from 1000php just a couple of months back.
(glad I still live with my parents…though I hate being a freeloader–so for this, I offer a part of my salary from now on to the household…no…I take that back!)
May 9th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Ours is pretty expensive. Around P5,000 per person for two people living in a one-bedroom condo. I believe it’s mostly due to the aircon which is running half the day.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I live in a townhouse in QC. For the month of April, the air conditioning was used round the clock (a total of 16 hours–8 hours for me and the husband + 8 hours for my sister). My cost is P1670.67 per person (3 adults). It was lower than what I expected as I had estimated a total bill of around P7,000.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
ours is about 1k/person (4 adults)