| Service and Franchise Area
The 9,337 sq. km. franchise area covers 29 cities and 82 municipalities including Metro Manila, the entire provinces of Bulacan, Rizal and Cavite; parts of the provinces of Laguna, Quezon and Batangas; and 17 barangays in Pampanga. Electrification level in the franchise is 98.6%.
Meralco's service area, equivalent to only about 3% of the country's total land area, produces almost 47% of the gross domestic product (GDP), 33% from Metro Manila alone. The franchise area is home to 24 million people, almost a quarter of the entire Philippine population of 90M.
| |
Cities |
Municipalities |
Area Covered (sq.km) |
Estimated Population (millions) |
| Metro Manila |
16 |
1 |
636 |
11.82 |
| Rizal |
1 |
13 |
1,309 |
2.41 |
| Bulacan |
3 |
21 |
2,625 |
2.95 |
| Cavite |
3 |
20 |
1,297 |
3.04 |
| Laguna |
3 |
16 |
1,281 |
2.31 |
| Quezon |
2 |
9 |
1,780 |
0.90 |
| Batangas |
1 |
2 |
409 |
0.48 |
| Pampanga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.07 |
| Total |
29 |
82 |
9,337 |
24.00 |
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