help po regarding RA 7832

hi. gusto ko lang po sana maintindihang mabuti yung RA 7832. Kung nirelocate namin yung meter, na violate po ba namin yung RA 7832? Thanks po.

did you already move it? why do you want to do so? under your electricity contract, are you the owner of the meter or it is still owned by the company?

opo. we already relocated it last year. mga september or august po ata yun, 2009 pa. pero nasira yung meter this august 2010 lang. sa mother ko na po nakapangalan yung bill ng meralco namin. nagpaextend po kse kami ng terrace, tatamaan po yung meter kaya nirelocate namin, pero we do have a request for relocation from meralco.

if meralco was informed then why is this an issue to you? i do not believe a complaint will prosper if the electricity provider was informed (and that you can prove that they were.)

was there a time when electricity was being used but not going through the meter? try to show the steadiness of your electricity bill during that period.

sabi po kse ng meralco dapat authorized rep lang nila yung magtatanggal. di po kse agad dumating yung taga meralco kaya yung worker na lang namin yung nagtanggal. afrer 3 days nung malipat namin, may taga meralco na dumating, nakita na nila na nailipat na, ok naman daw sabi nung checker. tas last august 2010, wala kaming bill kse nga po nasira na yung meter, di po namin alam na sira na pala, nung nagreading lang namin nalaman na broken na yung meter. sinisingil po kse kami ng meralco ng 99k, kse we violated the ra 7832.

spiker, i'm not an electrician, but i don't understand how a broken meter will still pass electricity. you should start preparing your defense now which is mainly to establish that the meter was moved back in 2009 and you have been paying a regular amount since then.

the problem is that under the law, if there are signs of tampering, then there is a prima facie evidence of pilferage. if you do not pay, meralco will cut off your electricity and charge you accordingly.

here is the magna carta for electricity consumers:

http://www.erc.gov.ph/pdf/1029_MAGNA%20CARTA%20FOR%20%20CONSUMERS%203RD.pdf

Thank you po. I'll read the magna carta for electricity consumer. Nakipag-usap po kami dun sa branch this morning, pinapagawa po kami ng letter para daw po just in case, bumaba yung binibill sa amin. baka daw po mabigyan kami ng discount and it could help to delayed the disconnection of service. Nagtanong po ako kung pano yung computation, sabi nila, highest bill multiplied 5 years backwards. wala rin naman po kaming choice, gusto lang namin na fair lang yung dapat na imulta sa amin. parang unfair naman po kse yung 5 years backwards na computation where in fact, last year lang na move yung meter. tama po ba yung computation na ginawa nila? thank you po. i'm really thankful sa time na binigay nyo. god bless po.

yes, i agree it is unfair, but i recommend you pay, then seek refund with the ERC

Good day po! meron lang din pa akong ikokonsulta tungkol sa RA7832

ito po yung kaso namin:

meron po kaming studio units na pinapaupahan. may isang unit po kami na between 4 years tatlong tenant na po ang nag-occupy. Yung first tenant po ang average monthly bill nya sa meralco ay nasa P2000-P2500. Yung 2nd tenant average bill was around P5000. At yung current tenant po namin ay around P500. A few months back po kinuha ng meralco yung metro ng particular unit na ito for suspected tampering daw po.

Ngayon po ay nakatanggap na kami ng demand letter galing sa Meralco. Nakalagay po doon na ang resulta daw ng inspection ng meter ay:
1. the sealing wire of the cover seals was cut.
2. the 1000th, 100th and 10th dial pointers of the meter register were out of alignment.

dahil daw sa findings na ito at sa pagtupad ng RA 7832 or Anti-pilferage of Electricity and Theft of Electronic Transmission Lines/Materials Act of 1994 ay pinagbabayad po nila kami ng P25,098.50. Sabi po ng nakausap namin sa office ng Meralco pwede daw ito bayaran ng installment at bibigyan daw nila kami ng 20% discount. kung babayaran naman daw ng cash 50% discount daw po ang ibibigay nila.

Ang option lang daw po naman ay magbayad kami or kung icocontest namin yung findings nila Legal Department na po ang kakausapin namin at kailangan na namin kumuha ng abogado.

Ang sa amin po talagang gusto namin icontest ang findings nila kasi alam namin na hindi namin tinamper ang metro. wala naman po kaming financial gains doon dahil hindi naman kami ang nagbabayad ng bill kundi ang tenants namin. pahirapan po namin ipinatayo ang apartment namin. lahat ng kailangan ay ginawa namin sa legal na paraan walang shortcut. at ayaw po namin ng mga ganitong kaso.

ang iniisip po kasi namin na baka naman mahinang klase *** metro na ibinigay sa amin na dahil sa paiba-ibang consumption ng kuryente ay naapektohan ang alignment ng metro.

kaya lang po kung icocontest namin baka lalo pa kami mapamahal kasi imbes na 12thousand plus lang ang babayaran namin baka lalo pa kaming mapamahal ng babayaran kung kukuha pa kami ng abogado.

ano po sa palagay nyo ang pwede naming gawin?

maraming salamat po!