SC asked to extend Meralco TRO

Worried that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will impose the highest power rate hike ever, a group of consumers and lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to extend indefinitely the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued halting the P4.15 per kilowatt-hour rate increase approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) late last year.

The TRO expires on April 22, 2014. The High Court will also hold its last summer session in Baguio City on the same date.