{"id":261760,"date":"2020-07-15T21:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T01:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=261760"},"modified":"2025-01-14T22:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T03:21:40","slug":"meralco-urged-to-find-ways-to-cushion-impact-of-high-power-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/15\/meralco-urged-to-find-ways-to-cushion-impact-of-high-power-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Meralco urged to find ways to cushion impact of high power rates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meralco estimated the March and April electricity bills by using its customers\u2019 consumption in the past three months. (File photo<\/a>: John Christian Fjellestad\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday asked major power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to find ways to cushion the blow of high electricity rate increases particularly for marginalized household consumers.<\/p>\n

During the House hearing on the sudden increase in power charges amid the government-imposed quarantine, Cayetano said Meralco should look into the option of providing at least 50 percent subsidies in the electricity bills of its lifeline consumers, or offering discounts to its customers in general.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t want to put you on the spot\u00a0na parang sana i-libre niyo na ang isang buwan dahil<\/em>\u00a0pandemic because I know you are running a business.\u00a0May<\/em>\u00a0financial side\u00a0yan, may<\/em>\u00a0shareholders\u00a0kayo<\/em>. But can I request\u00a0na tignan niyo ang mga<\/em>\u00a0lifeline?\u00a0Baka naman may magawa ang<\/em>\u00a0Meralco (There is a financial side to that, and you have shareholders. But can I request that you look into the case of lifeline consumers? Maybe Meralco can do something about it),\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

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He said Meralco should study whether they can delay payment or grant discount \u201cat least for the sector that needs it the most\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cayetano, meanwhile, urged the Energy Regulatory Commission to be more progressive interpreting the law in a way that promotes the public good, instead of favoring a chosen few.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re not giving the best possible price to the public, then\u00a0ibig sabihin may<\/em>\u00a0sweetheart deal\u00a0diyan<\/em>\u00a0(then there is a sweetheart deal),\u201d he said. \u201cSana<\/em>\u00a0during the President\u2019s time,\u00a0ma-<\/em>reboot,\u00a0ma-<\/em>reset\u00a0natin itong lahat. Hindi pwedeng na sinong mas malalaking kumpanya, sinong mas malalapit na kapit, sinong mas mayayaman, sila ang nasusunod<\/em>\u00a0(Hopefully, during the President\u2019s time, we could reboot, reset everything. We shouldn\u2019t let big companies, those with strong political ties, those who are rich, to control [society]\u2026 Public policy should be for the public).\u201d<\/p>\n

Meralco estimated the March and April electricity bills by using its customers\u2019 consumption in the past three months.<\/p>\n

However, consumers were shocked by the sudden surge in their supposed electricity consumption for May.<\/p>\n

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