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No power hike if Aquino uses Malampaya fund

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No power hike if Aquino uses Malampaya fund

Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said on Monday, October 6, that if Congress authorizes the President to use the multi-billion-peso Malampaya fund, consumers will be spared from power hikes. Petilla wants Aquino to certify as urgent a bill expanding the use of the Malampaya fund to “directly subsidize energy consumption of end-users in case of market failure.” The Supreme Court had previously barred the use of the fund for projects other than those related to energy.

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