A TOP official of Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative (Noreco 2) confirmed that power rate will increase next billing month. Noreco 2 Acting General Manager Dionefred Macahig told Sun.Star that there will be an increase of 25 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh). The rate for residential consumers will be 10.46 per kWh for March billing period from P9.67 kWh on January consumption. March billing is consumed in the month of February, Macahig said. He added that March power consumption will be P10.70 kWh. It will billed by April. Macahig said aside from the increase of generation, fuel and steam charges, the peso-dollar rate exchange was among the contributory factors in the increase of power rate. He said due to these factors, Green Core increased its rate from P4.85 kWh to P5.11 kWh. He said, however, that Kepco, Cebu-based generation company, does not increase its rate but it has the highest rate at P5.62 kWh. Both Green Core and Kepco are serving Noreco 2. Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative Larry
Those geothermal plants have paid for themselves many times over. The steam from the mountain doesn't cost them a peso.
I can't really complain. My electric bill is only about 400-700 a month for my two bed/bath house, after the discount they give in Valencia. I don't run Aircon of course, dot see how the average filipino's bill could be much higher than mine.
Honestly, if I only received P100 or P200 per day and had to pay that power bill and food Plus all other normal expenses, I don't see how I could survive. Not to mention that most poor local's don't live in Valencia. Ron
So much for things being cheaper in the philippines.I live in Canada and just calculated that I am paying 2.8P/ KWH. I pay 6.7 cents Canadian per KWH but we are getting a 7% increase next month.Hope I did my math right.O-|
Test (trying to figure out which part of my post is blocking it from hitting the board) (it was something in the first paragraph. Was it the word "alcohol, cigarettes or gambling?) I agree that it would be pretty hard to live on those wages. With the long nose tax I believe it would be impossible to live a filipino "simple" life on a filipino paycheck even if we so desired such a life. My bill without the Valencia discount is around 1200-1500 pesos a month. This is with a hot water heater and electric water boiler for coffee (which sucks up more electricity than one might think), ceiling fan, two floor fans, refrigerator, tv, xbox, Playstation and a water pump to suck water out of my water tank for some water pressure. I only run the aircon in the bedroom one those particularly "steamy" nights, if you know what I mean. The average filipino likely will not run a third of what I do. My girlfriend complains of being cold when it hits 75 degrees and has a fan pointed in her direction. Contradictory to that, she refuses to take a hot shower. My helper moved the fan out of her room when I bought one for her. She bought some buckets to fill up for baths for whatever reason. Point being, filipinos usually don't use the items that suck up the electricity even when given the opportunity (and are even encouraged) to use it. I would guess the average filipino's electric bill wold be less than 700 pesos in Dumaguete. Given your 200 pesos a day salary figure, that's only 11 percent of their monthly salary. Not to mention it is very rare that a filipino lives alone. I would guess that the tanduay, cockpit night and cell phone load hit their pockets much harder than the electricity bill. In the US my bill ran 200 USD plus for a small 2 bedroom apartment to live a culturally normal life there. That was about 8-10 percent of my monthly salary there. Even with a higher kilow rate here I still consider electricity to be cheaper to maintain the same level of comfort. Guess it depends on how you look at it.
