Breakdown of Charges
Meralco is responsible for gathering all these charges and simplifying them, so you wont need to worry about the many different entities collecting payment from you.
This covers the cost of power we purchase from our suppliers - Independent Power Producers (IPPs), power producers with Power Supply Agreements (PSAs) with Meralco, power producers using Renewable Energy and the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market.
This charge is for the cost of delivery of electricity from power suppliers – usually located in other provinces or in remote areas outsidepf our franchise area – to our distribution system. This is paid to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), our transmission service provider.
This refers to the cost-recovery of power lost due to technical and non-technical system losses. The maximum level of losses that may be recovered by private distribution utilities was set at 9.5% by Republic Act No. 7832, which was reduced to 8.5% starting 2010, as provided under ERC Resolution No.17, Series of 2008.
This is the only portion of your bill that goes to Meralco. It covers the cost of developing, constructing, operating and maintaining our distribution system, which delivers power from high-voltage transmission grids to commercial and industrial establishments and residential end-users.
This is the charge for the cost of reading, operating and maintaining power metering facilities and associated equipment, as well as other costs attributed to the provision of metering service.
This is for the cost of rendering service to customers such as billing, collection, customer assistance and other associated services.