Aklanons will be paying less for their electric consumption starting July. The Aklan Electric Cooperative Incorporated (AKELCO) announced "the power rates to be charged beginning July will be lowered by P1.35 compared with the bill in the month of June for almost all types of consumers.
For residential, commercial, public buildings and street lights consumers, the rates will be as low as P1.30 while for industrial consumers, the rate will be P1.35.
According to AKELCO, the lowered rate is due to the non-implementation of the blended rate of National Power Corporation-Global Business Power Corporation (GBPC).
The NPC rate is charged alone to all consumers for this month of July, in compliance by AKELCO of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) of the Regional Trial Court against the implementation of Electricity Power Purchase Agreement (EPPA) Contract between AKELCO and the GBPC.
Moreover, the generation charges of NPC-GENCO also decreased, so the total charges is reduced in all types of consumers.
Coincidentally, the Department of Energy (DOE) headed by Sec. Raphael Lotilla also announced that electric consumers will have reduced rates in their billings starting this month. The power rate cut, which will be reflected in the June 26-July 25 billing, is due to the seasonality of the rates and the full recovery of some components of the Energy Regulatory Commission approved deferred accounting adjustments (DAAs).
According to NAPOCOR, customers in the main grids will enjoy a per kilowatt-hour reduction of P0.4733 in Luzon, P0.1836 in the Visayas, and P0.2758 in Mindanao. The effective rates after the reduction will now be P4.4911/kwh in Luzon, P2.9056/kwh in the Visayas, and P2.4820/kwh in Mindanao.
Further rate reductions are expected due to the positive performance of NAPOCOR since 2005. (PIA-Aklan) /MP
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