ANGELES CITY – A professional electrical engineer based here downplayed the reason cited by Angeles Electric Corp. (AEC) for the increase in the monthly electric bills last April, saying “the summer heat causes minimal power rate hike.”
Two-time board topnotcher Engr. Rolly Caballero said that “heat causes more power use for electric appliances but not that big.”
“It’s really hard to give an exact figure how much the increase is supposed to be for several reasons. But for example, you pay P3,000 monthly over the past few months and April sets in, probably your bill will only be about P3,100 or P3,200 at most,” said Caballero, who taught engineering at the Far Eastern University, Adamson University, and other top engineering schools in Metro Manila and Pangasinan.
Caballero, who has a house in Barangay Pandan, disclosed that “indeed many people have complained of the tremendous increase of AEC bills over the past months, notably April.”
Caballero urged the AEC “to come out in the open and exert more effort in explaining the electric bills of consumers.”
“The summer heat is not an enough excuse. There should be more,” said Caballero.
Some residents of Xevera-Bacolor, including the owner of the Block 51 Lot 20 at Calle 46, assailed the AEC for the “unreasonable power increase last month.”
“I used to pay about P900 monthly and I got a pleasant surprise when I payed only P700 last March,” said a resident of Xevera. “But last month, I got the shock of my life when I was billed for P1,400 considering my family had been staying most of the time in our parents house in Mabalacat in the same month,” he added.
“Worse, some of my neighbors make fun of me when I show my bills because I pay more considering I don’t have an air-conditioning unit,” he said.
Punto had called up AEC customers service manager Myra Rivera since Tuesday morning for her comments but to no avail. This reporter left his landline and cell phone numbers to the secretary of Rivera but she failed to return the call as of press time.
Earlier, Rivera said electric bills usually increase during summer due to the heat.
Two-time board topnotcher Engr. Rolly Caballero said that “heat causes more power use for electric appliances but not that big.”
“It’s really hard to give an exact figure how much the increase is supposed to be for several reasons. But for example, you pay P3,000 monthly over the past few months and April sets in, probably your bill will only be about P3,100 or P3,200 at most,” said Caballero, who taught engineering at the Far Eastern University, Adamson University, and other top engineering schools in Metro Manila and Pangasinan.
Caballero, who has a house in Barangay Pandan, disclosed that “indeed many people have complained of the tremendous increase of AEC bills over the past months, notably April.”
Caballero urged the AEC “to come out in the open and exert more effort in explaining the electric bills of consumers.”
“The summer heat is not an enough excuse. There should be more,” said Caballero.
Some residents of Xevera-Bacolor, including the owner of the Block 51 Lot 20 at Calle 46, assailed the AEC for the “unreasonable power increase last month.”
“I used to pay about P900 monthly and I got a pleasant surprise when I payed only P700 last March,” said a resident of Xevera. “But last month, I got the shock of my life when I was billed for P1,400 considering my family had been staying most of the time in our parents house in Mabalacat in the same month,” he added.
“Worse, some of my neighbors make fun of me when I show my bills because I pay more considering I don’t have an air-conditioning unit,” he said.
Punto had called up AEC customers service manager Myra Rivera since Tuesday morning for her comments but to no avail. This reporter left his landline and cell phone numbers to the secretary of Rivera but she failed to return the call as of press time.
Earlier, Rivera said electric bills usually increase during summer due to the heat.
