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00:00Some of our countrymen are already discarding their electricity bills.
00:04Now, there's a rise in electricity bills that I think could be followed next month.
00:09First news live, Bea Pinla.
00:12Bea?
00:16Maris, the current electricity bill is at 15 centavos per kilowatt hour this September.
00:21That's why there's no electricity bill for this month.
00:24Some consumers are already going crazy.
00:26They're saying that they're going to save on electricity bills.
00:33Mang Teresito's family can't watch TV shows anymore
00:38because they're afraid that their electricity bills will go up.
00:43We'll just watch it on our phones so we can charge it.
00:48They're saying that they're going to save more this month
00:50because of the rise in electricity bills of 15 centavos per kilowatt hour.
00:55That's almost P31 for a bill that consumes 200 kilowatt hours per month.
01:01Meralco explained that it's because of the increased transmission charge.
01:06Meralco also added that in October,
01:09after the Energy Regulatory Commission approved the new fuel supply contract
01:15that will be passed on to consumers.
01:17People will pass it on.
01:19It's hard for people like us who don't have a good job.
01:23It's hard for us.
01:28We don't have a job.
01:30That's what they said.
01:31I'm just working on electricity.
01:33For the bakery owner, Kier, it's hard to save on electricity,
01:38especially since they're open 24 hours a day.
01:41What is their discard to save on electricity bills?
01:47If we don't use electricity, we just turn it off.
01:51Just like the refrigerator.
01:52The refrigerator doesn't have a lot of soft drinks at night.
01:57We just turn it off.
01:59We just open it in the morning when there are a lot of things to buy.
02:02But for some, it's not that easy to save on electricity.
02:07We only use ventilators and electricity.
02:10You can't just save on electricity, especially when it's hot.
02:13We only use ventilators.
02:15With just a ventilator, you can feed your family.
02:18You can use up to four ventilators.
02:21Even if it's high.
02:28Maris, it's hard to save on electricity.
02:31That's why we talked to some people.
02:33Aside from saving on electricity,
02:35they're willing to pay twice as much to save on electricity.
02:40And that's the first news from Navotas.
02:42Bea Upinla for GMA Integrated News.