{"id":1104252,"date":"2019-04-08T12:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T04:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1104252"},"modified":"2019-04-08T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T04:03:32","slug":"meralco-rates-up-in-april-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1104252\/meralco-rates-up-in-april-billing","title":{"rendered":"Meralco rates up in April billing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
MANILA, Philippines – Meralco is increasing its power rates by 6.33 centavos per kilowatt-hour this April.<\/p>\n\n
The power distributor said in a statement that the rate increase is mainly due to higher prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market as well as the depreciation of the peso against the US dollar.<\/p>\n\n
For the typical household that consumes 200 kwh a month, the rate hike means an additional P13 in the bill. \/ gsg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MANILA, Philippines – Meralco is increasing its power rates by 6.33 centavos per kilowatt-hour this April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1210,"featured_media":846250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[51283,101267,1021,189102,138807],"byline":[341],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[301605],"videographer":[],"position":[],"class_list":["post-1104252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-stories","category-nation-latest-stories","tag-april","tag-increase","tag-meralco","tag-news-update","tag-rate","byline-ronnel-w-domingo","source-philippine-daily-inquirer","editor-gilbert-gaviola"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n