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Lowered MERALCO distribution rates effective October 2011 billing - ERC

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) provisionally approved on 3 October 2011 the translation of the PhP1.6012/kWh  Year 2012 Maximum Average Price (MAP) of the Manila Electric Company, Inc. (MERALCO).  That 2012 MAP is PhP0.0452/kWh lower than its 2011 average distribution rate of  PhP1.6464/kWh.  The reduced distribution rates will take effect in the October 2011 billing of MERALCO.
On 6 June 2011, the ERC issued a Decision for ERC Case No. 2010-069 RC regarding the Final Rate Determination ("Final Determination”) for MERALCO which prescribed its 2012 MAP for the third regulatory period.  In the Final Determination, MERALCO was required to translate into distribution rates the Maximum Average Price for the Regulatory Year 2012 under the Performance Based Regulation (PBR) methodology.  In the Final Determination, the ERC also adopted a more stringent Performance Incentive Scheme which mandated MERALCO to strictly observe the approved performance indicators and provided it the appropriate incentives for it to improve its services to electricity end-users.

The rate translation applied for by MERALCO, upon initial evaluation by the ERC, was found to be in conformity with the Final Determination and with the requirements of the Rules in Setting Distribution Wheeling Rates (RDWR).  MERALCO was in adherence with the uniform filing requirements of the ERC.  The functionalization and allocation factors were well-structured and supported by detailed analyses.  The provisionally approved rates for RY2012 for MERALCO are shown hereunder:

 

Units

ERC-Approved Rates for RY2011

ERC-Approved Rates for RY2012

Incr./(Dec.)

DISTRIBUTION

Residential & General Service A

 

 

 

 

 Up to 200 kWh

P/kWh

0.9300

1.0278

0.0978

 201-300 kWh

P/kWh

1.3383

1.3851

0.0468

 301-400 kWh

P/kWh

1.7235

1.7223

(0.0012)

 401 kWh & Over

P/kWh

2.3943

2.3096

(0.0847)

General Service B (Small NIS/IS)

 

 

 

 

 

P/kW

269.75

263.20

(6.55)

 

P/kWh

0.0282

0.1000

(0.0182)

General Power

 

 

 

 

  Secondary

P/kW

269.75

263.20

(6.55)

  Below 13.2 kV

P/kW

205.18

200.00

(5.18)

  13.8/13.2 kV

P/kW

205.18

200.00

(5.18)

  34.5 kV

P/kW

205.15

200.00

(5.15)

  115 kV & 69kV

P/kW

165.04

160.00

(5.04)

Unit charge : General Power users

 

 

 

 

Normal consumption

P/kWh

0.0282

0.1000

(0.0182)

  34.5 kV (with ODPS load)

P/kWh

0.0282

0.0400

0.0118

  115 kV (with ODPS load)

P/kWh

0.0282

0.0400

0.0118

GHMS

P/kWh

0.9200

0.9200

0

Flat streetlights

P/kWh

2.0700

 

 

125W MV or 70W HPS

Lamp

 

89.46

 

250W MV or 150W HPS

Lamp

 

142.71

 

400W MV or 250W HPS

Lamp

 

238.56

 

400W HPS

Lamp

 

370.62

 

SUPPLY

Residential & General Service A

 

 

 

 

 

P/Cust./mo

21.12

18.00

(3.12)

 

P/kWh

0.6349

0.5475

(0.0874)

General Service B (Small NIS/IS)

P/Cust./mo

941.60

400.00

(541.60)

General Power

 

 

 

 

  Medium (Demand 40-200 kW)

P/Cust./mo

2,153.00

910.00

(1,243.00)

  Large (demand 200-750 kW)

P/Cust/mo.

10,950.00

3,775.00

(7,175.00)

  Very & extra large (demand >= 750 kW)

 

P/Cust./mo

 

18,160.00

 

13,703.00

 

(4,457.00)

GHMS

P/Cust./mo

 

372.30

 

300.00

 

(72.30)

 

Flat streetlights

 

P/kWh

 

0.7700

 

 

125W MV or 70W HPS

Lamp

 

29.40

 

250W MV or 150W HPS

Lamp

 

46.90

 

400W MV or 250W HPS

Lamp

 

78.40

 

400W HPS

Lamp

 

121.80

 

METERING

Residential & General Service A

 

 

 

 

 

P/Cust./mo

5.00

5.00

0

 

P/kWh

0.4658

0.3664

(0.0994)

General Service B (Small NIS/IS)

 

P/Cust./mo

 

484.20

 

390.00

 

(94.20)

General Power

 

 

 

 

  Medium (Demand 40-200 kW)

P/Cust./mo

1,136.00

915.00

(221.00)

  Large (demand 200-750 kW)

P/Cust./mo

4,710.00

3,795.00

(915.00)

  Very & extra large (demand >= 750 kW)

 

P/Cust./mo

 

16,140.00

 

13,006.00

 

(3,134.00)

GHMS

P/Cust./mo

351.40

300.00

(51.40)

AVERAGE RATE

P/kWh

1.6464

1.6012

(0.0452)

"The benefit of Performance Based Regulation (PBR) is now becoming more evident with these lowered distribution rates of MERALCO and the corresponding improved quality service levels.  Note that the same decreasing rate pattern was likewise experienced in the case of the transmission rates approved for the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)”, ERC Chairperson and CEO Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut remarked.

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