Centuries ago, the basis for development and progress were buildings, water systems, trade, and colonies. Now, electricity is one of the major components to consider in development. For one reason, almost all of the machines, equipment, vehicles, and devices are run by electricity. Productions can't run without the power of electricity.

At present, electricity plays a huge role in our daily lives. From home to work, we all use electricity. It has been the power that runs our machines and equipment. Though we can live without electricity, our economy won't make it.

Prepaid cards are the thing of today, from communication to transportation it makes life more convenient and easier. Now, there’s a new convenient way in having electricity run in our households and this is the first time that I’ve heard about it, though I have been hearing rumors about this concept, I haven’t got a chance to know it more until I saw one of the banners displayed at the Meralco branch where I’m paying our bills. So out of curiosity I asked some personnel of Meralco about it and a bit surprise how this works. This concept is called the KLoad or Kuryente Load and it is a thing that will definitely make a mark in the electricity service business.

After registering a reduction of PhP 0.70 per kilowatthour (kWh) in overall rates last month, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said that electricity rates will go down again this month by PhP 0.58 per kWh. This brings the total reduction to PhP 1.28 per kWh over the past two months. This month’s reduction marks the fourth time this year that rates have gone down. For a typical household consuming 200 kWh, the overall electricity bill will go down by PhP 116 compared to last month. At PhP 9.40 per kWh, this month’s overall rate is lower by PhP 1.21 compared to June 2014’s PhP 10.61 per kWh.

Kwento Ni Toto remembers the last time that an event happened in Lighthouse restaurant in Meralco Building. It was a fun and wonderful night and a memorable one for the lucky ones. It was the story of the Meralco MOVE launch. That was very beginning of the MoVE application and gladly we were some of the few people who’ve tried it. Now they launched it again to provide Meralco consumers a better experience in using the application with a better way of knowing monthly electric bill.

With the advancement of technology, companies need to keep up with the development and the current mainstreams are the presence of applications. Yes, applications or apps for the mobile technology, whether it is an android, iOS or other operating systems that makes a gadget or mobile technology process and operates.

Meralco, with their website can sure help users with the process but what about those who are always mobile? It would be hassle having a laptop with you in a crowded area always whenever you want to check the details and updates about your Meralco billings. Plus it would be a hassle also to go around the site with just using an android or iOS phone. So in order to provide more convenient, alternative and easy way to continue serving the consumers, Meralco developed a free application for the consumers carrying their six existing services. This is to provide ease to users with regard to their Meralco concerns. This application is coined as MOVE or MeralcO Virtual Engine. This application is now available for download from the Apple AppStore, Google Play, and Blackberry App World.


So what are the six applications that are packed in this MOVE application suite?

• Meralco Office Directory where users can find the nearest Meralco office in the area.
• Bayad Center is an easy locator for all the Bayad Centers where it is one of the convenient ways to pay the Meralco bill.
• Meralco Appliance Calculator helps in computing the amount of electricity an appliance consumes.
• Bright Ideas provides information and learning on better ways to use and save electicity.
• Power Maintenance Schedule keeps users up to date on the power maintenance schedule in the area.
• E-Meralco Bill let users view the latest bill even when on the go.

For details, check www.meralco.com.ph, like Meralco on Facebook, or follow @meralco on Twitter.