Consumers can expect to pay more for electricity for January after the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced a power rate hike, its first after a series of reductions last year.

In a briefing, Meralco Vice President and Spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga said the power distributor would raise rates by P0.2744 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) this month.

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