Power rates down in November in Baguio, Benguet

Art Dumlao — November 15, 2024

Power rates down in November in Baguio, Benguet

BAGUIO CITY (November 14, 2024) -- Member consumers of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) will have a little extra to spend for this time, as the power rates for November decreased for all types of consumers.

 

From October’s P11.1373 per kilowatt hour (kWh), this month’s rates went down to P10.7362 per kWh for residential consumers, or a reduction of P0.4011 per kWh.

 

This means, Laarni Ilagan, BENECO Consumer Relations Associate explained, that a household that used 100 kwh will pay P 1,079.23. 

 

“The decrease is mainly due to the reduction in the generation charge component of the bill as a result of the electric cooperative’s participation in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM),” Fraiser Angayen, Non-Network Services Department (NNSD) manager, said.

 

Angayen said that there was a P0.2803 per kWh decrease in generation charge. Not only that, he said, as the transmission charge also went to by P0.0018 per kWh and system loss charge by P0.0357 per kWh.

 

The generation and transmission charges are components of the power bill which are pass through charges.

 

BENECO collects them from consumers, but they are remitted to the power supplier and the National Grid Corporation of the Phil. (NGCP), respectively.

 

BENECO resumed its participation to the WESM last month.

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