Meralco Rate for March 2026: What You Paid Per kWh

Meralco’s all-in residential rate for March 2026 was ₱13.8161/kWh, for a typical residential customer, a noticeably sharper rise than the month before.

What Meralco charged

The all-in figure for March 2026 is ₱13.8161/kWh, and the generation charge is ₱7.8607/kWh for the same month, both from Meralco’s own advisory. This is the first month in our 2026 archive with a directly sourced generation figure rather than a null. Source: Meralco, higher residential rates March 2026.

Change from the previous month

The rate rose ₱0.6427/kWh (about ₱0.64) from February 2026’s ₱13.1734/kWh. See Meralco rate for February 2026 for that figure. April continued the climb, to ₱14.3496/kWh, a record at the time — see Meralco rate for April 2026.

What this means for solar

At ₱13.8161/kWh, every kWh a rooftop system produces and you use immediately is a kWh you avoid buying from Meralco at that price, and the generation component alone (₱7.8607/kWh) already covers more than half the bill. That’s the mechanism behind solar savings here: self-consumption avoids the full retail rate, while net metering credits exported power only at the generation cost, so a system sized for daytime use pays back faster than one built to export. See how much solar can save on your electric bill to run your own numbers, and Meralco rate per kWh for what makes up the all-in figure.

More rate history

For the full month-by-month record with sources, see the Meralco electricity rate history. Previous month: February 2026. Next month: April 2026.