Meralco personnel read the numbers on the electric meters on a post on Padilla Street in Manila on Tuesday (August 10, 2021). Meralco will hike rates by P9.65 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), bringing the rate to P9.003/kWh versus July’s P8.9071/kWh during the enhanced community quarantine in the National Capital Region. Jess M. Escaros Jr.