Sunstar Bacolod
BACOLOD City Councilor Caesar Distrito warned that the increase in the power rate of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) will not only be P1.25 per kilowatt hour but P2 effective in the May 2011 billing.
Being a consumer himself, he was shocked to see the increase in his electric bill.
"We will now feel the effect of Ceneco’s contracting with a much higher cost of power supply. Every household in Bacolod, Bago, Murcia, Don Salvador, Talisay and Silay will carry the burden of paying its electric bills in record-high rates. You can check your electric bill to confirm my statement,” Distrito said.
Before the March 2011 billing, the bill for a consumer using 100 kwh is only about P600. But for April, it will be P750 or an increase of at least P150.00.
The bill will increase to P800 in May, he added.
The bill will increase to P800 in May, he added.
“It is not correct for Ceneco officials to say that, because the rates of other electric cooperatives are high, then we have to follow them. The responsibility of Ceneco management is to make sure that our power rate is cheap and affordable,” he said.
Distrito alleged that the increase was due to the power supply contract that Ceneco entered into with Kepco.
The power contract that Ceneco President Eduardo Gasambelo and General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr. had signed is now the subject of scrutiny of the City Council of Bacolod and of all other LGUs within the Ceneco franchise area.
Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on April 29, 2011.
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