EYES WIDE OPEN – Iris Gonzales – The Philippine Star October 5, 2022 | 12:00am Expect electricity rates to go up in addition to already high gasoline prices, transport fare, and grocery items – from vegetables to toilet paper to wheat. This is what’s going to happen now that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied the joint plea of conglomerate San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) power units and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for an increase in their previously approved power rates, as stipulated in a fixed-rate 2019 to 2029 power supply contract. The plea was to recover for the losses i…