THE Supreme Court on Monday stopped the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) from implementing the P4.15 per kilowatt-hour rate increase.

The Court, through Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO). It was Sereno who came out with the order because the Court is on Christmas break.

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