ANGELES CITY – “It’s ridiculous and impossible with all those blackouts.”
Thus said at least five foreign businessmen based in Fields Avenue, Barangay Balibago here over the alleged questionable increased of power rates in April and May.
They said the Angeles Electric Company (AEC) “had a lot of explaining” to do for increasing the bills of electric consumers last summer.
“I remember there were six blackouts in one month but my bills increased as much as 30 percent compared to the previous months. It should have not,” said one of the complainants who owns a hotel in Balibago.
“I don’t know why my bills also increased when business is down in Balibago. Worse, their services is getting poorer,” said a trader who owns a restaurant-hotel in Fields Ave.
AEC customer service manager Myra Rivera failed to return calls for their comments. She failed to give comments since blaming heat and increased power generation cost as reasons for the increases.
Some residents of Barangay Salapungan assailed the AEC for the “unreasonable power increase.”
“I used to pay about 1,500 monthly and now I pay an average of 2,500 every month,” said a dormitory owner. “Worse, she added, “our bills increased when I have less students in my dorm.”
Thus said at least five foreign businessmen based in Fields Avenue, Barangay Balibago here over the alleged questionable increased of power rates in April and May.
They said the Angeles Electric Company (AEC) “had a lot of explaining” to do for increasing the bills of electric consumers last summer.
“I remember there were six blackouts in one month but my bills increased as much as 30 percent compared to the previous months. It should have not,” said one of the complainants who owns a hotel in Balibago.
“I don’t know why my bills also increased when business is down in Balibago. Worse, their services is getting poorer,” said a trader who owns a restaurant-hotel in Fields Ave.
AEC customer service manager Myra Rivera failed to return calls for their comments. She failed to give comments since blaming heat and increased power generation cost as reasons for the increases.
Some residents of Barangay Salapungan assailed the AEC for the “unreasonable power increase.”
“I used to pay about 1,500 monthly and now I pay an average of 2,500 every month,” said a dormitory owner. “Worse, she added, “our bills increased when I have less students in my dorm.”
