Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate of the Bayan Muna party-list welcomed the granting of the Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) extension of its no-disconnection period until January 31 next year, but asked the power distributor to further stretch it to six more months, or until July, as the pandemic persists.

With the extension, services for electricity consumers with a consumption of 200 kilowatts per hour and below during the December 2020 billing will not be disconnected. Meralco projected the extension to benefit more than 3 million consumers or around 47 percent of its total customer base.