Meralco
Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) is calling for legislators and other critics to refrain from attacking Meralco, but instead help find effective ways and alternative solutions to provide electricity consumers with reliable power supply at the least cost. Lately, LKI noticed several ‘caused-oriented groups’, including lawmakers with vested interests, issuing negative statements on Meralco’s alleged overcharging that stemmed from Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) failure to update the computation for the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
The WACC is a regulator-set mechanism that applies to the industry, not just to Meralco, but to other distributors as well. It is a fact that for a large utility distributor such as Meralco to effectively continue its operation in line with its objective of providing consumers best electricity service, it needs a robust domestic capitalization. According to a report released by Oxfam.
Reference: Meralco