The Adobo Chronicles has announced the top 3 winners of our Meralco Bill Reveal Challenge where we asked our subscribers and followers to post their outrageous electric bill from Meralco. This, in the light of weeks of extreme hot temperatures in Metro Manila and elsewhere:

Third placer: Netizen whose bill reached P26, 215.45 which could have made her the grand champion except that P12,444.93 of the total amount was due to an unpaid previous bill.

Second placer: Netizen who despite excessive use of several air conditioning units, received a bill of zero, zilch nada!

Grand champion: Netizen who received the shock of her life when she opened the Meralco bill. It was quoted in U.S. dollars — $1,220.16 which converts — in the current prevailing U.S. dollar to Philippine peso exchange rate — to over P69,000!

Meanwhile, Meralco has warned the public that posting their electric bills without covering up their customer account number could subject them to identity theft and account issues.