SOLAR panel provider Solar Philippines said on Thursday that Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) consumers may enjoy as much as a 30 percent reduction in power rates soon if its proposal to the distribution utility is approved.

Solar Philippines said it submitted to Meralco a proposal seeking to replace planned coal plants with solar battery farms under the company’s 5,000-MW (megawatt) Solar Plan.

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