To ease the burden of our member-customer-owners or MCOs who fall below the poverty threshold, we are sharing the NEW Lifeline Subsidy Rate Guidelines, as provided by Republic Act 11552.
Under the NEW guidelines, the Lifeline Subsidy can be availed by the 4Ps Program beneficiaries or non-4Ps beneficiaries whose family income falls below the poverty threshold and whose monthly electricity consumption is 35kWh or below.
To provide eligible MCOs with ample time to prepare the necessary requirements, MORESCO-1 will start accepting applications for the NEW Lifeline Subsidy Rate. Applications and requirements may be submitted at any MORESCO-1 Service Area Office | Customer Welfare Desks.
Following a successful Visayas run and caravans from Ozamis and Dipolog cities, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), along with the Department of Energy (DOE), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), brought the information dissemination campaign on the Lifeline Rate program in Mindanao.
This coming Sunday, 18 February 2024, the ERC, DOE, and DSWD, in partnership with the Misamis Oriental 1 Rural Electric Service Cooperative, Inc. (MORESCO-1) and the El Salvador City local government unit, will be in Sinaloc Covered Court in Brgy Sinaloc, El Salvador City to conduct an information and dissemination campaign (IEC) on the subsidy program.
Part of the campaign is also the on-site registration caravan to encourage more member-consumer-owners from low-income households to avail the discount on MORESCO-1 electricity bills.
The ERC, which will be led by Ms. Evelyn Baula, Energy Regulation Officer II of ERC-Consumer Affairs Service, Mindanao Area Operations Division, and speakers from other agencies will orient the qualified marginalized end-users (QMEs) on how to avail the subsidy in the hopes of mitigating the rising cost of electricity. We are inviting all MCOs from the 15 barangays of El Salvador City who wish to avail this opportunity to avail this discounted power rate to see us in Sinaloc Covered Court this coming Sunday, February
DOE urges 4Ps beneficiaries to avail of Government electricity lifeline program
The Department of Energy (DOE) strongly urges household beneficiaries listed under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to avail of the electricity lifeline rate program of the government in order to continue to get discounts on their electricity bills.
“There are 4.2 million household beneficiaries of 4Ps, and the registration for lifeline subsidy remains very low. Only those who register will continue to receive a reduction in their electricity bills beginning August 2023,” Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla said.
For lifeline consumers who have been struggling to make ends meet on their monthly budgets, electricity discounts could help them ease their pockets. The Secretary stressed that all they need to do is simply apply and register with their distribution utilities (DUs) or electric cooperatives (ECs).
The scale of rate reduction varies depending on the prevailing rates of the DUs. For instance, lifeline end-users in the Meralco franchise area with zero to 20 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of monthly consumption will be granted a 100 percent discount on the generation charges, including system loss, transmission, and distribution components of their bill, except for the fixed metering charge of PhP5.00, which means they will only be paying more or less PhP20.00 in their electric bills.
“If they do not avail of the program through MORESCO-1, they will have to shell out more or less PhP250.00, an amount which could otherwise be spent for their other needs such as food,” the Secretary said.
“We are not imposing a deadline on when the consumer could avail of the discounted rate. However, unless registered, they cannot avail of the benefits,” the Secretary said.
To apply for the lifeline rate program, any household consumer who is a beneficiary of the 4Ps must only submit to their DUs/ECs a duly accomplished application form, the most recent electricity bill, and any valid government-issued identification card (ID) containing the signature and address of the consumer.
Other marginalized end-user applicants who are not in the 4Ps beneficiaries but belong to a household of at least five (5) members and have a combined monthly income of PhP12,030, must submit to their DUs a certification by their local Social Welfare Development Office (SWDO) issued within six (6) months before the filing of the application showing their family income at the time of application, a duly accomplished form, most recent electricity bill and any government-issued ID containing the signature and address of the consumer. The monthly income threshold may change and vary for each DU franchise area as may be determined the Philippine Statistics Authority. ###
Usa ba ikaw ka 4Ps Beneficiary o usa ka customer nga nagpuyo ubos sa poverty threshold level (nga ang kunsomo sa bulan wala milapas sa 35kWh)?
APPLY NA SA LIFELINE RATE SUBSIDY!
Unsa ang Lifeline Rate Subsidy?
Ang Lifeline Rate Subsidy usa ka NON-CASH MONETARY nga DISKWENTO nga ihatag sa MORESCO-1 sa tanang residential consumers nga kuwalipikadong marginalized end-user nga ang konsumo sa bulan dili molapas sa 35kWh.
Kinsa ang KWALIPIKADO nga mag-apply?
– 4Ps Beneficiaries
– Non-4Ps benefiaricies pero nagpuyo sa kita o abot nga below sa poverty threshold nga gi-establisa sa PSA
Kinsa ang Disqualified nga mag apply?
-Mga nagpuyo sa condominiums or subdivision projects (gawas sa goverment housing projects ug mga susama niini).
– Tanang residential customers nga nag install og Solar PV ilawom sa Net-Metering Services.
-Residential Customer nga napamatud-an nga nilapas sa Anti- Pilferage of Electricity and Theft of Electric Transmission Lines o Materials Act of 1994.
UNSAY MGA ISUMITE NGA REQUIREMENTS?
4Ps Beneficiaries
Any Valid Government issued ID. Pwede na ani ang 4Ps ID4
Pinaka-bag-ong Bill sa MORESCO-1. Kung dunay daghang account sa MORESCO-1, isa lang ang pwedeng ma-applyan.
Pag accomplish sa Application Form nga ihatag sa MORESCO-1
Non-4Ps Beneficiaries
Pagkuha sa sertipikasyon ngadto sa City or Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office nga nagpamatuod nga ang kita o abot sa pamilya below sa poverty threshold ng age-establisa sa Philippine Statistics Authority o PSA
Any Valid Government issued ID
Pinaka-bag-ong Bill sa MORESCO-1. Kung dunay daghang account sa MORESCO-1, usa lang ang pwedeng ma-applyan.
Pag accomplish sa Application Form nga e-provide sa MORESCO-1 ug ERC.
