98,500 Davao light firm customers to benefit from PGMA’s electric subsidy

DAVAO CITY, Oct. 8 (PNA)-– About 98,500 Davao Light & Power Co. (DLPC) customers will benefit from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's program on the P500 electricity subsidy during its October 2008 revenue billing cycle.

DLPC corporate communications officer Ross Luga said the President's program, dubbed "Pantawid Kuryente: Katas ng VAT", is aimed at helping marginal consumers pay their electric bills to cushion the impact of the prevailing cost of fuel and other commodities.

Luga said DLPC customers whose energy usage last May 2008 revenue billing were the equivalent of 100 kilowatt-hours and below every 30 days (or a maximum daily average consumption of 3.33kwh/day) benefited from the National Government's subsidy program.

The local electric service provider will notify the subsidy recipients through a credit memo and will print a separate line and an appropriate message in the text box of their electric bills, he said.

He said if the customer's bill is less than the P500 subsidy, the balance will be applied to his subsequent bills until it is fully applied.