Meralco deployment of smart meters could raise its power rates 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Myrna M. VelascoThe long planned deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is seen raising its electricity charges to customers at the scale of P0.2309 per kilowatt hour. In the case of biggest power utility Meralco, in particular, this would redound to an increase of P0.2309 per kWh in the electric bills of its customers – if shared across brackets of end-users. Aside from Meralco, the other power utility that already sounded off plans to roll out advanced meters is Visayan Electric Company (VECO) of the Aboitiz group. The regulatory scrutiny of cost impact though is directed at Meralco for now – as it targets to undertake massive scale rollout of smart meters once the ERC approves its application.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 15, 2019 14:03 UTC