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Transcript
00:00Starting next month, Meralco's customers will receive a refund because of almost Php20 billion worth of distribution charges.
00:10That is the first news of Mob Gonzales.
00:15The bill in Corriente Nina Andrea is Php6,000 per month, so she is very thankful for the hefty refund of Meralco that will start in April.
00:25It's a big deal.
00:26For daily groceries, like rice, vegetables, and so on.
00:34According to the ERC, or Energy Regulatory Commission,
00:37they need to refund almost Php20 billion in total to the customers for the hefty distribution charges from July 2022 to December 2024.
00:49The Energy Regulatory Commission also issued an order for Meralco to refund the amount of Php19.93 billion.
00:59That will start in April.
01:01It will last for 36 months or three years starting in April.
01:07It's normal for there to be an excess or lack of distribution.
01:11There is a gap of two weeks before they can read the metro.
01:16Because it's not in real-time.
01:19When you submit it, you will pay for it.
01:21There is a natural cycle of over and under.
01:26There is such a thing.
01:27But this is a delay of a year.
01:30It shouldn't be this long.
01:34The refund of the utility is almost Php12 per kilowatt hour.
01:37The return to the residential customers is bigger.
01:40More than Php20 per kilowatt hour.
01:42Equivalent to a refund of Php40 if the consumption is up to 200 kilowatt hours per month.
01:48This can be seen in the bill on the separate line for the AWAT refund.
01:52Meralco will apply for another refund scheme
01:55if they can compute the actual weighted average tariff or AWAT for January to June 2025.
02:01Meralco said this will help.
02:04Especially if the electricity consumption is higher.
02:08The refund to Meralco's Php26 rate hike is not connected this month.
02:13This is the first news.
02:14Mav Gonzalez for GMA Integrated News.

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