00:00Meralko will increase in price this June and in the next three months.
00:05The power rate hike is more than 64 cents per kilowatt-hour.
00:10If the consumption is 200 kilowatt-hours,
00:12P129 will be added to your electric bill.
00:16In July, August, and September,
00:19the 4-cent increase in price is expected
00:22per kilowatt-hour due to the generation cost
00:25that was reduced in the three installments.
00:27Meralko said that the generation charge
00:30or the cost of electricity is higher
00:32due to the more expensive electricity in the spot market
00:35following the yellow and red alerts in Luzon last May.
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