Budgets for electricity bill payments will come heavier on the pockets of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) customers as its overall tariff had escalated by P0.4201 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in its October billing cycle to P11.8198 per kWh vis-à-vis P11.3997 per kWh last month. For its subscribers...
The recurrence of gas supply restriction from the Malampaya field has triggered another round of shutdown for the 414-megawatt San Gabriel power plant of First Gen Corporation, according to sources from the company. The gas being fed to the San Gabriel power plant of the Lopez group is drawn from...
The recurring gas restriction dilemma of the Malampaya field significantly accounted for the higher electric bills paid for by the customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) this year. Meralco said that of the aggregate P1.04 per kilowatt hour (kWh) rate hikes implemented in series this year, about...