The Dreaded Meralco Bill

less than ten days to go before we receive the dreaded meralco bill...

i wonder if it will ever go down, now that the peso is regaining its strength or because of the rains that have likely lessened the demand for 24/7 air conditioning.

this weekend, we had our aircon units serviced, and refrigerator rubbers (is that how you call the rubber on the doors...haha) changed. we figured, the 4,000++ we spent this weekend could hopefully reflect on our billing statement this month, if not the next billing cycle.

i always remember the time when i saw our bill jumped up from the usual 7k, to 8,9k and then to 14k...and after the announcement of lower rates, to 13k. ridiculously high for a normal power rate hike. i wonder if the utility owners could still sleep soundly knowing that they are robbing people of their money. i dont think our bill could just escalate to such a level.

Everyone i talk to...officemates, bosses, neighbors, even the meager skycableguy, complained about doubling of power rates.

it is just unfortunate that this took place during the height of the campaign, that bayan muna and other civil society groups, are busy campaigning for them to take this big issue to the streets.

i wonder if the guy who benefits from all the Meralco income could bring all the money he would earn from this highway robbery to his grave. very selfish to say the least.

The government on the other hand is not doing anhything about this, at all. Do you think the ERC took steps in questioning all these? i dont think so. I think they ar busy about the upcoming transition in the government.

Poor Pinoys.

every after payday, when i sit down to budget all our expenses, i look at the meralco column and think about all the things that i could do with the money that i spend to pay our power usage. Dont get me wrong i am a reasonable person. i know rates could go up during the summer, and i know we upped our usage, but a 100% increae is not just justifiable. 50% i can manage, but 100%, it is just evil.