00:00The public is warned that after the monthly discount this month, Meralco will implement a high discount on the next month if how much and why is known in the center of the news of Rod Laguzad. Rod.
00:16Meralco also made it clear when it first announced that its customers can expect a discounted price for the month of June.
00:23But at the same time, distribution utilities are also preparing their customers for additional payments for the next months.
00:30This is in accordance with the order of the Energy Regulatory Commission or ERC to all distribution facilities and electric cooperatives,
00:37as well as Meralco, that the payment for the wholesale electricity spot market or WESEM will be finalized within four months, from June to September.
00:48For the month of June, Meralco customers can expect a discount of P1,096 and not P4,064.
00:59Because of this major change, we had a further delay of the power bills, but with this, the due dates were also adjusted.
01:11So this adjustment, just like the previous one,
01:19this adjustment is to have enough time for the people to pay their bills.
01:25This includes the total rate for a family that is P9.45 per kilowatt-hour compared to P11.41 per kilowatt-hour last May.
01:38That's why P392 will be deducted from the bill of a residential customer that has a 200-kilowatt-hour consumption.
01:47But this early, we would like to manage the expectations of our customers.
01:52Because right now, we are already anticipating the upward movement of the generation charge component of bills for the next three months.
02:07This is for the months of July to September.
02:10Because of the deferred cost, there is an addition of P77 per kilowatt-hour that can be added to the generation charge.
02:17Aside from this, there is an addition that is expected.
02:21Because the WESEM component entered the June generation charge into P2.20,
02:29in the following month, when WESEM charges normalize,
02:33so let's say it won't reach P7 or P8 anymore, let's say it's P6,
02:38so it will still show an increase from P2.20 to whatever normal level WESEM charges we have right now.
02:45I hope that the public's consumption will decrease now that the rainy season has started.
02:51Audrey.
02:52Thank you very much, Ron Lagusan.
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