Ilan nating kababayan, kanya-kanya ng diskarte sa pagtitipid ng kuryente kasabay ng nakaambang taas-singil sa mga susunod na buwan

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00:00At the same time, the price of electricity is expected to rise in the next few months.

00:03Our countrymen are discarding their own savings for the consumption of electricity.

00:08This is Joshua Garcia's report.

00:12First of all, the consumption of electricity of Meralko customers is slow.

00:16This is accompanied by the company's abuse.

00:18The generation charge is also increasing in the next few months.

00:21Just like Shela, who has a store and the average bill in Meralko is 6,000 pesos per month.

00:26They have nothing to do but to save money because they are also having a hard time budgeting their expenses

00:32if they can only get electricity from what they earn every day.

00:35We have no choice but to save money because we use air-conditioning every day.

00:40We use air-conditioning every night.

00:42So, maybe, we should reduce the number of times we use air-conditioning.

00:48We should turn on the air-conditioner at night and turn it off early because of the children.

00:53Mia has a store that pays more than 2,000 pesos per month for electricity.

00:59She is just discarding their savings for the consumption of electricity so that their earnings will not be affected by the business.

01:04We are just saving money so that we can reduce the electricity bill.

01:09We will turn off the lights and we will remove the rep air-conditioner so that we can avoid the electricity bill.

01:18According to Meralko, the adjustment is based on the order of the Energy Regulatory Commission

01:23to all distribution facilities and electric cooperatives that have been divided into four months

01:28from this month of June to September, which is also paid in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market or WESIM.

01:34According to Meralko, the increase in the generation charge from July to September will not be less than 77 centavos per kilowatt hour.

01:42In addition, the due date will be postponed so that their customers will have enough time to pay their bills while the changes are happening.

01:50Joshua Garcia for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.