{"id":36251,"date":"2014-12-22T23:50:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=36251"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:17:09","slug":"meralco-targets-completion-of-1m-prepaid-meters-in-2-3-years-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/22\/meralco-targets-completion-of-1m-prepaid-meters-in-2-3-years-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Meralco targets completion of 1M prepaid meters in 2-3 years time"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12603\" style=\"width: 808px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/meralco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12603\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/meralco.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Meralco \/ Facebook\" width=\"808\" height=\"545\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Meralco \/ Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is targeting to approve one million prepaid meters from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in its Manila franchise, within two to three years time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two to three years, before we finish Manila, because we need the approval of one million meters,&#8221; Meralco Senior Vice President (SVP) and Head of Customer Retail Services and Corporate Communication Alfredo Panlilio told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He further stressed that the company is targeting to install 40,000 meters in Manila City, by mid year of 2015.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zydena online <a href=\"https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zydena.html\">https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zydena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Kuryente Load applies to all networks and is not only limited to Manny Pangilinan&#8217;s Smart Network, who is also Meralco&#8217;s Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The process works through buying a prepaid kuryente card, then registering to get the customer&#8217;s meter to light up.<\/p>\n<p>Meralco has already completed an electrification program in Baseco, Manila. Panlilio noted the customers were happy with its prepaid installation.<\/p>\n<p>The Meralco SVP pointed out the company will initially focus in Manila, then will roll out in finalizing the network side.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the distribution utility was also asked to set up Kuryente Load in other areas, namely Quezon City, Las Pinas, Cainta and Mandaluyong, according to Panlilio.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said the areas were chosen based on population density and segment.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the public were paying more, without the use of a meter, with the electricity charge priced between Php 45-48 per kilowatt hour (kwh).<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cleocin online <a href=\"https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cleocin.html\">https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cleocin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Panlilio said with the meter installation, customers were only charged Php 11 per kwh, a discount of Php 34- 37 from their previous rates.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec 15, the ERC said Meralco has already submitted an application for its Kuryente Load.<\/p>\n<p>The Manila Electric Company is the largest distribution utility in the country, with its franchise covering most of Luzon.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/clenbuterol.html\">https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is targeting to approve one million prepaid meters from the Energy Regulatory Commission &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":12603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-juzel-l-danganan","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287238,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36251\/revisions\/287238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}