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Teachers continue cleaning classrooms at the Dampalit Elementary School 1 in Malabon City on July 29, 2024, days after floods from Typhoon Carina enhanced by the Southwest Monsoon flooded the school. The school also provided shelter to evacuees during the height of the strom. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN news

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Carina and its aftermath

Alvin Elchico

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- A consumer group has called on Meralco to impose a moratorium on bill collection and disconnections for 4 months for areas hard hit by Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon the previous week.</p><p>Power4People Coalition Convenor Gerry Arances has called on Meralco and the Energy Regulatory Commission &quot;to take action in view of the widespread damage and economic dislocation brought about by the twin weather phenomena.&quot;</p><p>According to the group, Filipinos need more time and assistance to recover as they repair their houses and try to put their lives back together.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/24/sss-offers-calamity-loan-to-typhoon-affected-members-1854">SSS offers calamity loan to typhoon-affected members</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/25/gsis-allots-p18-5-billion-in-emergency-loans-for-carina-victims-953">GSIS allots P18.5 billion in emergency loans for Carina victims</a></div><p>Meralco, according to Arances,  is in the position to give in to their request as it earned more than P22 billion in profit last year due to higher electricity demand.</p><p>&quot;Economic relief does not just mean handouts and calamity loans. They also need a respite from the expensive electricity bills that come monthly. Considering the record profits of energy companies, it would not be unfair to ask them to also do their share in helping the nation recover,” reads a statement from Power4people.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/8/1/outgoing-dti-chief-pascual-says-marcos-free-to-name-successor-1304">Pag-IBIG offers calamity loan to typhoon-affected members</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/24/sss-offers-calamity-loan-to-typhoon-affected-members-1854">GCash extends grace period for GLoan, GGives, waives load fees to help Carina victims</a></div><p>ERC Chair Monalisa Dimalanta said the commission will study measures to help affected consumers.</p><p> &quot;I have already directed our team to study measures that can be adopted by the Commission to address the post-flooding situation affecting consumers and stakeholders in Metro Manila, Bulacan and nearby areas,&quot; she said.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4ORkTpU5bSg?&amp;t=2s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>&quot;Kasama po dito ang pag-aaral sa pag-suspinde ng disconnection kung hindi nakabayad ng bills sa deadline ng distribution utility dahil sa baha.&quot; says Dimalanta.</p><p>Power rates rose in <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/15/power-rates-rising-in-july-meralco-1138">July</a> <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">because of higher generation charges, a</span><span dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">s power costs normalized after being &quot;artificially low&quot; in June. </span></p>

<p>A consumer group has called on Meralco to impose a moratorium on bill collection and disconnections for 4 months for areas hard hit by typhoon Carina.</p>

A consumer group has called on Meralco to impose a moratorium on bill collection and disconnections for 4 months for areas hard hit by typhoon Carina.

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Meralco urged to issue moratorium on collection, disconnection in typhoon-hit areas

Alvin Elchico,

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Published Aug 01, 2024 03:36 PM PHT

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