ELECTRICITY consumers will see higher power bills starting in August as the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) raises its transmission charges, following the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) approval of revenue adjustments and under-recovery collections.
In a statement, transmission rates increased to P0.5923 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the July 2025 billing period from P0.4611/kWh in June, or up P0.1312/kWh. While ancillary service rates dropped by P0.0310/kWh to P0.5872/kWh, the overall average transmission charge still climbed 9.25 percent to P1.3233/kWh.
The ERC approved a fixed rate of P0.0384/kWh for 84 months to recover P28 billion in under-recoveries from 2016 to 2022. It also allowed NGCP to collect an additional P6.62 billion in Maximum Allowable Revenue, raising the MAR from P51.47 billion to P58.10 billion. This translates to another P0.0629/kWh increase.
The adjustments are part of NGCP’s Fourth Regulatory Period Reset, its first since 2010–2015, and are intended to fund projects that will strengthen the country’s power transmission network. / KOC