The unscheduled simultaneous outages in nine power plants in Luzon have caused the record-breaking P4.15 per kilowatt hour increase in Manila Electrical Company (Meralco)'s power rate, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.

Undersecretary Raul Aguilos of the Energy department made the disclosure in light of the House probe on the Meralco rate hike of its generation charges due to the shutdown of Malampaya natural gas plant in Palawan for maintenance.

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