Iloilo City residents will experience an upward movement in their November electrical bill, as this month’s average residential rate is ₱11.8558 per kWh, following an increase of ₱0.7687 per kWh from last month.

MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) cited the factors contributing to this, which include constrained electricity supply due to the outage of power plants at Cebu and Mindanao this September, and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placing the grid in yellow alert for several hours after the 6.9-magnitude earthquake.

Aside from the NGCP placing Visayas on yellow alert, Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) also had its share of outages toward the end of October that created a tight supply condition and pushed market prices upwards.

Last month, the effective WESM price in MORE Power’s franchise area was ₱5.78 per kWh, an increase of ₱1.83 from the previous month. The peak demand in October 2025 is 135.4 MW.

Other factors of rate adjustment are the increase in FIT All Rate and the implementation of the Universal Charge for Environmental Charge as mandated by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

“MORE is consistently working to mitigate the effects of price volatility in the market, given that external factors like earthquakes and natural disasters can affect the system of the power generation plants, which could lead to major outages,” said Raphael Dorilag, manager of Energy Sourcing from MORE Power.

“One key approach to enhance stability is to firm up our long-term and locally sourced supply—especially within the Visayas region,” he continued.

System loss rate also increased to ₱0.4512 per kWh from ₱0.4210 per kWh just last month due to the increase in the overall cost of power (generation).

The 12-month average system loss decreased from 5.72% to 5.64%. Although several factors showed an increase in cost, the transmission charge decreased due to the decrease in the cost of AS from the Reserve Market.

The transmission charge decreased this month to ₱1.8612 per kWh from ₱2.1478 per kWh last month.The ₱0.2866 per kWh reduction was due to the decrease in the Ancillary Services (AS) cost of the Reserve Market and the reduction in the scheduled AS capacity of Energy Storage Systems and Diesel Plants under the ASPA.

For the November billing period, MORE Power’s distribution fees remained unchanged.