DONA MAGSINO,GMA News
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday
said the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) must make its billing statements clearer
to make consumers better understand what they were paying for.
In a virtual interview with
reporters, the chair of the Senate committee on energy said he also got
confused when he received his electricity bills for May and June despite
earlier reminders to Meralco.
"Hindi 'yun ang pinagusapan
natin sa hearing kasi 'yung pinag-usapan natin 'yung clear computation, kung
paano ninyo na-derive itong June (billing statement) kasi hindi clear sa akin,
sinama-sama 'yung May and June, dapat hiwalay 'yung May and June,"
Gatchalian said.
"Ang tao gusto magbayad, gusto
lang nila maintindihan kung ano binabayaran nila. Tiningnan ko nga kanina
parang imposible naman na ganun kalaki konsumo ko in one month. Maraming
doubts, maraming question marks na dapat ma-answer," he added.
The senator said he would first
request an explanation from Meralco and if the response did not suffice, he
would call for a Senate hearing.
"Before a hearing we want to
set a meeting, gusto muna namin makita 'yung detalye at gusto muna namin makita
'yung gagawin nila kung iko-correct ba nila," he added.
The Energy Regulatory Commission has
issued a directive for distribution utilities to conduct actual meter readings and
afterwards issue a new billing reflecting the actual consumption and the
corresponding amount due, not later than June 8, 2020.
Meralco has advised customers to
wait for new bills before making payments and assured that it has read the
meters of around 65% of its customers for the month of May. -NB, GMA News
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