Start with the actual utility account
Check that the property is served by Visayan Electric before preparing its net-metering application. A Cebu address alone does not establish the distribution utility. Retain the account, service address, intended renewable-energy system and applicant details.
The official Visayan Electric net-metering page, checked September 30, 2026, describes residential and commercial participation under the amended 2025 rules. Its published service-area description includes Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Naga cities and Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla and San Fernando municipalities. Confirm the actual account coverage rather than extending that list to all of Metro Cebu.
Documents and stages on the utility’s published page
Visayan Electric lists application and qualifying-end-user COC forms, plant parameters and load-logger authorisation, net-metering agreement options, signed/sealed electrical plans, equipment specifications, identification and ownership evidence.
Its evaluation stage includes a no-cost Distribution Impact Study, system/service-entrance assessment, billing and deposit review, and LGU CFEI submission. Final steps include relevant fees or deposit updates where needed, the amended agreement, final inspection, meter installation, energisation and commissioning.
This is a summary of that utility page, not a claim that every listed item must be submitted at the same stage. Use its current forms and obtain the checklist for your application. The utility identifies its contact as info@visayanelectric.com and hotline (032) 230-8326.
Keep inspection and operating approval separate
Use the CFEI guide to distinguish the LGU’s inspection certificate from the utility’s evaluation and connection decision. Check the installation described by the drawings, equipment specifications and inspected records.
A project status should identify what has been submitted, accepted, inspected or commissioned. Physical completion or a certificate upload is not evidence that every external approval is complete. Obtain the applicable operating authorisation before presenting the project as enrolled and operating under the agreed arrangement.
Confirm charges and bill-credit treatment
Request the current fee statement, meter requirements, agreement and bill-credit methodology for the account. The utility’s published process refers to relevant fees; it does not support this guide’s former blanket claim that every net meter is free.
Do not treat an old export-price range as a current quotation. Separate electricity consumed directly onsite from surplus exports, and model the applicable import and export treatment. A bill-credit mechanism is different from cash payment for all solar production.
For project economics, use the net-metering savings explanation and retain the load, production, prices, costs and measurement periods behind the estimate. This guide does not establish a typical Cebu household payback or guaranteed annual yield.
Track the application with evidence
Keep the submission acknowledgement, current document revision, requested corrections, fee records, inspection findings and outstanding actions together. Ask which event starts an applicable service period and which conditions govern it. A headline processing target does not establish the date that every project will be commissioned.
If progress is unclear, use the utility’s official follow-up channel and request the application status and remaining requirements. Do not assume that a secondary guide grants deemed approval or permission to energise.
Design documentation and the wider pathway
Use the Philippines compliance hub to navigate the existing resources. If evaluating SurgePV’s design workflow, inspect its outputs against the requirements confirmed by the utility and responsible professional. Software does not issue a CFEI, enrol a customer or grant utility approval.
Reviewed September 30, 2026 against Visayan Electric’s current public process. This is an editorial application guide, not a retained customer case, professional regulatory approval or independent validation of a tariff calculation.
