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CENECO power rate down this May by P0.2917 per kwh

-  By Mae Singuay

BACOLOD City – Good news to electricit­y consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperativ­e (CENECO) – the rate for the billing month of May is P11.1401 per kilowatt hour (kwh).

There is a decrease of P0.2917/ kWh f rom l ast month’s rate of P11.4318/ kWh, according to CENECO acting general manager Ervin Stan Leo Ticar.

He attributed the rate drop to net reduction in generation, transmissi­on and system loss charges, as well as other passthroug­h charges.

Ticar urged consumers t o be conscienti­ous by monitoring their monthly electricit­y usage.

“While the world market’s fuel prices remain volatile and may affect our electricit­y rates, the CENECO board and management continue to remind electricit­y consumers to conserve energy to avoid paying high electricit­y bills,” Ticar added.

CENECO services Silay City, Bacolod City, Talisay City, Bago City and the municipali­ties of Murcia and Don Salvador Benedicto all i n Negros Occidental.

Recently, the Sanggunian Panlungsod of Bacolod

City passed a resolution asking CENECO to explain before the city council the increases in its generation system charge.

It pointed out that the generation system charge from January 2022 to April 2022 almost doubled – from 4.0891 per kilowatt hour to 7.346 per kilowatt hour for residentia­l membercons­umers./

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