• CHERYL G. CRUZ
Negros Power said Nov. 19 that the average residential rate increased by P0.94 per kilowatt-hour this billing month of November, due to upward adjustments in the generation charge.
This means that member-consumers will be paying P12.01 each kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed, with billing cycle up to Dec. 12.
Last month’s rate was P11.0674/kWh.
“Ang isa ka balay nga may average consumption nga 200 kWh kada bulan ang magadugang sang P188 sa iya budget sa kuryente,” the Negros Power said in a post.
“Wala naman sang pagsaka kag nagapabilin sa gihapon nga P1.18/kWh ang distribution charge nga amo lang ang nagakadto sa Ceneco/Negros Power bilang distribution utility,” it added.
Earlier, the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative also announced a P2.1257/kWh increase in its residential rate this month, or P15.0388/kWh, from the P12.9131/kWh rate in October.
The increase was “primarily driven by higher generation charges due to significant price hikes in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM),” Noceco had said in an advisory. | CGC
