The Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (Ceneco) revealed rates for January 2019 increased by around 17¢, from P11.1810 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) last month to P11.3527/kWh.

Power rate fees, which include generation, transmission, and system loss costs, still contributed the most to rates at 71.6 percent of charges at P8.1326/kWh.

Another 10.45 percent, at 1.1866/kWh, went to Ceneco distribution, supply, and metering costs; along with payments to the sustainable capital expenditure fund, which is intended for the rehabilitation of aging transmission lines.

December 2018 rates were a decline from the previous month’s rates./WDJ