Utilities & Mobile Addressing NORECO/Electrical Issues

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Whoever pays the bill with their own money deserved to be answered simple questions whether it be renters or owners it really doesnt matter. You are wrong on this issue!

 

When will the bacong are be getting another bigger transformer like you told me several years ago to stop the low power issues?
Why when we get unscheduled brownouts the phones are always off the hook at the main office and if you do get through the staff no nothing?
Also maybe you could explain all the add ons no one seems to understand like system loss charges?
It would also be nice if noreco could inform its customers what the problems were like they used to for the long unscheduled brownouts! I would think that would be a courtesy everyone would appreciate.
Why are there never enough teams to fix the brownouts which happen at night? We pay enough.
Hopevully we can atleast get a few of these answered?

 

System loss refers to unbilled power caused by pilferage and physical loss of energy when electricity passes through distribution lines, which can be passed on to consumers as stated under Republic Act 7832, or Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994.

Currently the system loss cap is at 13 percent for electric cooperatives, which can be passed on to consumers through a line item in their monthly electricity bills.

NORECO is mandated by law to collect system loss charges:

RA 7832

I don't think that "system loss" means that they are charging for "brownouts". I think they are allowed/forced to charge a certain percentage for electricity that will inevitably be lost during normal transmission of electricity through existing infrastructure.

These charges are likely built in to any electrical distributor's fees throughout the world (they might not be as upfront with how they pass those charges on). They purchase the power from the company producing the power and some of that power will always be lost. Until we find a cheap superconductor this system loss will always be there and always be paid for by someone (almost certainly the customer.

Maybe I'm wrong here but the way I'm reading the law it doesn't sound like that system loss fees=brownout fees.

I'm curious if they have a way of knowing when the power goes out in an isolated area. If nobody calls how do they know the power is out? Where are the repair teams based out of? (They must have more than one location they sit around and wait for things to break.)

 

They don't use smart meters, at least in Valencia, but I've heard they use them in Cebu. Might want to read that Republic Act I posted earlier to see the punishments for tampering with meters. Really not worth it. Pretty sure nobody got away with that for long back in the day in the US.