The Department of Energy has asked the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to reduce its exposure to the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to avoid excessive price hikes in the coming months.

The utility giant earlier explained through a television advertisement that power rates are high usually because of price volatility in WESM.

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