The 0.64 centavos for residential
and 0.43 centavos for commercial per kilowatt hour increase in electric bills
this June is another burden for both common households and businessmen.
However, according to Aklan Electric
Cooperative (AKELCO) General Manager Chito Peralta during an interview
yesterday morning, this is just temporary for the month of June because it will
roll back again next month
He readily cleared out the
consumer's doubt on this matter by saying that they should not worry about
this.
Peralta explained that this has occurred
due to the insufficient electric supply in Aklan, requiring them to obtain additional
supply from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).
Although this is one of the four
energy sources of AKELCO, they are only incurring 10% from them, the reason
they acquired additional energy in order to cover the insufficient supply which
will then be distributed to the consumers.
This followed after one of their
suppliers' encountered a problem which caused a higher demand especially during
peak hour or 6 o’clock in the evening.
Three months ago, AKELCO had a
charge increase, but because the problem was immediately fixed, this was
followed by a roll back which happened twice.
That is why it is expected, said the
General Manager that the same will happen and assured that this increase is
only for this month.
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