A lawmaker wants the government to subsidize power consumers to spare them the brunt of power rate increases.

Rep. Reynaldo Umali of Oriental Mindoro, chairman of the House Committee on Energy, said the government can use the Malampaya funds to shield electricity users from the P4.15 per kilowatt-hour increase charged by the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).

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