8 Eastern Visayas power distributors join PH’s highest rates list

TACLOBAN CITY — Eight of Eastern Visayas’ 11 distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives were among the 20 power distributors with the highest residential electricity rates in the country in July, according to an Aug. 6 report by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC). The seven were Biliran Electric Cooperative (Bileco) at P18.34