Author Topic: philippines has highest electric rates in asia (Read 1096 times)

kitamesume · « **on:** July 09, 2011, 05:58:22 PM »

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/philippines-has-highest-electric-rates-asia

title says it all, it sucks though, paying 300$ worth a month by just using 1,500KWH...

Kyrdua · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:13:45 PM »

"whats philippines?" >> 3 votes

I sense massive trolling....

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~~I've been reloading the page for 10 minutes now and it still doesn't show up. and i was gonna comment about it....~~

okay, just read the article, seriously WTF. Shitty expensive ISPs, and now expensive electricity... This shit just gets worse all the time....

kitamesume · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:23:24 PM »

the thread was made just for the lulz, cant do anything about the price to boot XD though funny its considered a "world record" imho.

how much is the average rent of 1bedroom dorm/apartment or something on other countries? here its no less than 200$ a month... theres a few @ 100$ a month but the space... ugh its practically a bed, a small table and a cabinet...

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:45:30 PM »

Quote from: kitamesume on July 09, 2011, 07:23:24 PM

the thread was made just for the lulz, cant do anything about the price to boot XD though funny its considered a "world record" imho.

how much is the average rent of 1bedroom dorm/apartment or something on other countries? here its no less than 200$ a month... theres a few @ 100$ a month but the space... ugh its practically a bed, a small table and a cabinet...

For a one bedroom, bath, living room/kitchen combo is around $600-$800 in Philadelphia ($600 for the shitty stuff, $800 for some mid range apartment).

mgz · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2011, 10:20:53 PM »

Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 09, 2011, 08:45:30 PM

Quote from: kitamesume on July 09, 2011, 07:23:24 PM
the thread was made just for the lulz, cant do anything about the price to boot XD though funny its considered a "world record" imho.

how much is the average rent of 1bedroom dorm/apartment or something on other countries? here its no less than 200$ a month... theres a few @ 100$ a month but the space... ugh its practically a bed, a small table and a cabinet...

For a one bedroom, bath, living room/kitchen combo is around $600-$800 in Philadelphia ($600 for the shitty stuff, $800 for some mid range apartment).

yea 1 bedroom non studio apt in phlly goes from 500-1400(from shitholes to nicer areas over by chestnut hill area aka luxury apts) but if you earn any kind of money it makes much more sense to live outside of the city if you dont work in it. Since 4% income tax in philly sucks my dick

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2011, 10:24:29 PM »

Quote from: mgz on July 09, 2011, 10:20:53 PM

Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 09, 2011, 08:45:30 PM
Quote from: kitamesume on July 09, 2011, 07:23:24 PM
the thread was made just for the lulz, cant do anything about the price to boot XD though funny its considered a "world record" imho.

how much is the average rent of 1bedroom dorm/apartment or something on other countries? here its no less than 200$ a month... theres a few @ 100$ a month but the space... ugh its practically a bed, a small table and a cabinet...

For a one bedroom, bath, living room/kitchen combo is around $600-$800 in Philadelphia ($600 for the shitty stuff, $800 for some mid range apartment).
yea 1 bedroom non studio apt in phlly goes from 500-1400(from shitholes to nicer areas over by chestnut hill area aka luxury apts) but if you earn any kind of money it makes much more sense to live outside of the city if you dont work in it. Since 4% income tax in philly sucks my dick

That's what I do... Not to mention I want to be as far away from New Jersey as possible.

JoonasTo · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2011, 10:37:41 PM »

21 cents seems to be the regular price here, philippines has little under 20, why should I care?

kitamesume · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2011, 11:18:54 PM »

it went well over 30 cents once, about a year ago.

Soryon · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:08:55 AM »

Quote from: mgz on July 09, 2011, 10:20:53 PM

Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 09, 2011, 08:45:30 PM
Quote from: kitamesume on July 09, 2011, 07:23:24 PM
the thread was made just for the lulz, cant do anything about the price to boot XD though funny its considered a "world record" imho.

how much is the average rent of 1bedroom dorm/apartment or something on other countries? here its no less than 200$ a month... theres a few @ 100$ a month but the space... ugh its practically a bed, a small table and a cabinet...

For a one bedroom, bath, living room/kitchen combo is around $600-$800 in Philadelphia ($600 for the shitty stuff, $800 for some mid range apartment).
yea 1 bedroom non studio apt in phlly goes from 500-1400(from shitholes to nicer areas over by chestnut hill area aka luxury apts) but if you earn any kind of money it makes much more sense to live outside of the city if you dont work in it. Since 4% income tax in philly sucks my dick

Yea, thats about what it costs to live in or around the city here as well. unless you are in one of the high rises on Lake Michigan, then you are looking at about $1200 for a 1 room studio. However you mention living outside of the city-
I have a friend who lives up north in an area where there is basically nothing but a wallmart, a bar and a gas station. Thing is tho, he pays $600 a month for a 2 story + basement house with a sizable yard. Pretty sweet until you factor in that it is a shitty place to live (or atleast for someone like me who needs to be around stimuli)

Pharismo · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:18:36 AM »

if i'm correct Brasil is expensiver.

Pentium100 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2011, 05:22:54 AM »

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The study had shown that with average retail rate of electricity of 18.1 US cents per kilowatt/hour in the Philippines, it has eased out Japan at the top of having the most expensive electricity in Asia. As of the same month last year, electric rates in Japan were at 17.9 US centers per kilowatt/hour.

I pay 16.9 US cents for 1kWh, but this is because I get discount because I use more than 12000kWh/month. Normal people pay 18.65.

Amounts are based on Google's currency converter from LTL. I pay 0.41Lt/kWh, without the discount - 0.45Lt/kWh.

mgz · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2011, 11:55:34 PM »

Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 09, 2011, 10:24:29 PM

Quote from: mgz on July 09, 2011, 10:20:53 PM
Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 09, 2011, 08:45:30 PM
Quote from: kitamesume on July 09, 2011, 07:23:24 PM
the thread was made just for the lulz, cant do anything about the price to boot XD though funny its considered a "world record" imho.

how much is the average rent of 1bedroom dorm/apartment or something on other countries? here its no less than 200$ a month... theres a few @ 100$ a month but the space... ugh its practically a bed, a small table and a cabinet...

For a one bedroom, bath, living room/kitchen combo is around $600-$800 in Philadelphia ($600 for the shitty stuff, $800 for some mid range apartment).
yea 1 bedroom non studio apt in phlly goes from 500-1400(from shitholes to nicer areas over by chestnut hill area aka luxury apts) but if you earn any kind of money it makes much more sense to live outside of the city if you dont work in it. Since 4% income tax in philly sucks my dick

That's what I do... Not to mention I want to be as far away from New Jersey as possible.

fuck you jersey is awesome

Sosseres · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:59:25 PM »

0,151 dollars / KWh here right now in the summer when the price is around half the winter one.

http://www.telgeenergi.se/Privat/El/Prishistorik/

So the price isn't all that much higher in the Philippines.

kitamesume · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2011, 03:39:20 PM »

well~ if you considered it took our tax to build a dying nuclear reactor that hasn't been used for more than 10 years? yep it is expensive

plus wasted money to build a nuke plant... sigh the stupidity.

napocor and meralco is acting up and saying theres a shortage of electricity in philippines and sending out rotating brown outs(brown outs for a couple of hours on cities in alternate), they're requesting to activate the nuke plant but sheesh the people just kept rejecting the request.

ichigoTAN · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2011, 10:38:24 PM »

Since I pay Php10,000 or more on my electric bill due to what my family frequently use (3 Airconditioning, 2 desktop computers and a theater room).... uhhhh... But recently, I only payed 9k due to the fact we are "saving" now...

When seeing the meralco (ONLY Philippine electric company or so I think) bill, you would see there are breakdowns of the total amount of what you are going to pay... SInce I recently payed 9k... I should only pay 4,800 since its in my general amount but there are taxes and shit... Also, the distribution which amounted to 2,885.. If I may ask, what is the distribution for???

danielwe · « **Reply #15 on:** July 14, 2011, 11:12:28 PM »

i pay about 30$ a month for the electricity

kitamesume · « **Reply #16 on:** July 15, 2011, 09:28:08 AM »

Quote from: ichigoTAN on July 14, 2011, 10:38:24 PM

If I may ask, what is the distribution for???

to make it simple, meralco isnt the source of electricity, their job is to transport electricity from the real source of electricity(i.e. napocor) to your front door. meralco owns the electric posts, cablings, electric towers and so on, they're the ones who wires the electricity through the roads and into your house.

in short: meralco does not create electricity, they distribute it.

ichigoTAN · « **Reply #17 on:** July 15, 2011, 09:32:44 AM »

Wow Thanks for clarifying things!

xyx · « **Reply #18 on:** July 15, 2011, 10:27:07 AM »

What's philippines?

kitamesume · « **Reply #19 on:** July 15, 2011, 02:55:52 PM »

its the land of pines =D coconut to be precise.