By Patricia Bermudez
CALAMBA CITY – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will increase its transmission charges by up to 13 centavos per kilowatt hour starting this August.
Lawyer Cynthia Perez-Albanza, NCGP Assistant Vice President and Public Relations head, explained that the rate reset follows a ruling by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of an under-recovery, which will be implemented for 84 months, or until June 2032.
The ERC earlier approved an under-recovery fixed rate of Php 0.0384/kWh to be implemented until the UR amount of Php 28 billion has been fully collected.
Despite the additional charges, Perez-Albanza assured that the transmission charges will be ‘very minimal’.
“This has very minimal impact [on our consumers] considering that this is equivalent to around 400 billion [pesos] worth of investments.”
From Php 0.4611/kWh during its June 2025 billing period, NGCP said its transmission rates rose to Php 0.5923/kWh. Meanwhile, Ancilliary Services Rates went down from Php 0.6182/kWh in June to Php 0.5872/kWh in July or a decrease of Php 0.0310/kWh.
Overall average Transmission Rates increased by 9.25 percent or Php 1.3233/kWh from Php1.2113/kWh in June.
In a separate statement, the NGCP said the approved increase will help finance their efforts to further strengthen their power grids.
Since 2016, the NGCP has been investing in its transmission systems to improve its services.
