{
  "dataset": "Davao Electricity Rate Series (Davao Light ₱/kWh) — monthly billing cycles",
  "_disclosure": "SOURCING CAVEAT — Davao Light publishes no readable residential rates page: davaolight.com/rates returns HTTP 404 and earlier checks returned HTTP 400. Every point in this series therefore reaches the public record through NAMED SECONDARIES (Mindanao Times, SunStar Davao, Manila Bulletin, GMA Regional TV, Bombo Radyo Davao) reporting the utility's own announcement, rather than through a peso figure the utility itself publishes. The current cycle is carried by three independent outlets in agreement and is recorded at confidence MEDIUM, not HIGH. Source precision also varies between outlets — four decimal places from GMA Regional TV, two from Mindanao Times and SunStar — and every figure is stored exactly as published, with no rounding applied in either direction, so the decimal places in this file are the reporting outlet's, not ours.",
  "slug": "davao-electricity-rate",
  "url": "https://liveinph.com/data/davao-electricity-rate",
  "asOf": "2026-07",
  "temporalCoverage": "2025-12/2026-07",
  "spatialCoverage": "Davao City, Philippines",
  "source": "https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/july-residential-electricity-rate-hits-p13-09-kwh/",
  "sourceLabel": "Davao Light via Mindanao Times, 2026-07-19 — July 11 to August 10, 2026 cycle",
  "methodology": "https://liveinph.com/methodology",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "LiveInPH — https://liveinph.com",
  "limitations": [
    "All-in residential rate; a specific bill varies with consumption tier and bracket.",
    "Davao Light publishes no readable peso rates page — davaolight.com/rates returns HTTP 404 — so no point in this series is sourced to the utility's own publication. The utility does post monthly figures to its official Facebook page; no post is claimed as a primary here because none was located.",
    "The most recent points are confidence MEDIUM rather than HIGH for that reason, even though three independent outlets agree on the figure.",
    "Source precision varies between outlets (four decimal places from GMA Regional TV, two from Mindanao Times and SunStar) and is stored as published rather than normalised, so decimal places are not comparable point to point.",
    "The December 2025 point is a dated value stated inside the January 2026 announcement, not a back-filled estimate.",
    "Davao Light serves Davao City, Panabo City, Carmen, Dujali and Santo Tomas in Davao del Norte. Rates elsewhere in the Davao Region are set by other distribution utilities and are not covered here.",
    "The rate moves monthly with WESM generation, NGCP transmission, NPC-PSALM hydro, Therma South coal and ERC pass-throughs — treat the latest point as the current cycle, not as a stable rate."
  ],
  "columns": [
    "period",
    "rate_php_per_kwh",
    "confidence",
    "source"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "period": "2025-12",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 9.7135,
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": "https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/news/112484/davao-light-imposes-p2-power-rate-hike-in-january-2026/story/"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-01",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 11.7187,
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": "https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/news/112484/davao-light-imposes-p2-power-rate-hike-in-january-2026/story/"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-02",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 10.3,
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": "https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/davao-light-feb-march-residential-electricity-rate-down-to-p10-30-kwh/"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-03",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 10.63,
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": "https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/davao-light-march-april-residential-electricity-rate-is-p10-63-kwh/"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-04",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 10.53,
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": "https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/slight-dip-in-april-electric-bill"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-05",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 10.35,
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": "https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/may-june-residential-electricity-rate-down-to-p10-35-kwh/"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-06",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 12.3,
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source": "https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/davao-light-june-residential-rate-is-at-p12-30-per-kilowatt-hour/"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-07",
      "rate_php_per_kwh": 13.09,
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source": "https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/july-residential-electricity-rate-hits-p13-09-kwh/"
    }
  ]
}