Summer has officially started in the Philippines. While majority of the Filipinos have gone on vacations or travels going to the famous beaches in the country like the newly cleaned Boracay, breathtaking blue and clear waters of Palawan, or some chose to surf and ride the big waves of La Union and Siargao, some just stayed at home. For someone like me with no time or budget to travel, staying at home while the air conditioner is on while binge watching on Netflix is a sort of relief for me. Problem though with this is it comes with a price of paying high electricity bills. So, how can one save electricity? Use electricity on off-peak hours. Unpopular to many, Manila Electric Company or MERALCO offers a program which gives a discount on consumers which only consumes during off-peak hours which runs from 9pm – 8am on Mondays to Saturdays and 8pm – 6pm every Sunday. To avail this offering from the power producing giant, as per this site , at least 5 kilowatt hours worth of ele