Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) should stop “blackmailing” and threatening consumers of massive blackouts in the coming months if the Supreme Court (SC) would not act soon on the temporary restraining order (TRO), lawmakers said on Friday.

Bayan Muna Party-list Reps. Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate said that Meralco and other power generators are blackmailing electricity consumers into accepting higher power rates supposedly to prevent blackouts.

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