Meralco, magpapatupad ng dagdag-singil ngayong buwan

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00:00 The government will implement the high-voltage bill this November.

00:03 The bill will increase the voltage of electricity by 23 cents per kilowatt hour.

00:07 For those who consume 200 kilowatt hours,

00:11 there is a 47 pesos increase in their monthly bill.

00:16 The bill will increase the voltage of electricity by 70 pesos for those who consume 300 kilowatt hours.

00:22 The power distributor explained that the transmission and generation charge increased,

00:27 so the voltage of electricity increased.

00:29 This is the third month that the high-voltage bill was implemented.

00:36 The primary driver was the transmission charge.

00:40 The reason being is that the ancillary service charge of the NGCP for regulating reserves went up

00:49 from 23 pesos and 17 centavos per kilowatt hour to 91 pesos and 35 pesos per kilowatt hour.

01:00 The cost of regulating reserves accounted for around 76.5 percent of the total ancillary charges.

01:09 These are the plants that are on standby in case another power plant goes offline

01:15 or there is a sudden increase in demand.

01:18 That power plant is there to help with the increase in demand.

01:21 you mind.