South Cotabato co-op warns of possible higher rates due to El Niño

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — An electric cooperative in Mindanao has warned consumers of higher power rates possibly due to the El Niño phenomenon, which could further strain power supplies now in precarious levels brought by the shutdown of some major power plants in the island. Raffee Edsel Epistola, South Cotabato I Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO-I)