Another Negros Occidental power firm slashes rates from P17 to P9 per kilowatt-hour

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The June rate reduction of more than P8 per kilowatt-hour is unprecedented for the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative

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“Nice, but I hope this continues, or NONECO should find an approach that will maintain the P9 per kWh rate so consumers will truly be relieved from high electricity costs,” said EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon on Monday, June 24. Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. and former Toboso mayor and now Councilor Richard Jaojoco also welcomed the NONECO announcement, saying it was “good news.”Negros Occidental Electric CooperativeAnother distributor, Central Negros Electric Cooperative , serving over 200,000 consumers, also lowered its June billing rate from P15.16 per kWh in May to P12.76, a reduction of P2.40.

De la China said about 185,000 member-consumers across EB Magalona, Manapla, Cadiz City, Sagay City, Escalante City, Toboso, Calatrava, and San Carlos City in northern Negros Occidental stand to benefit significantly from the reduction in NONECO’s power rates.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

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