Directing DOE Attached Agencies, All Electric Power Industry Participants, Consumers And Various Stakeholders To Adopt And Implement Contingency Measures To Ensure Adequate And Reliable Electric Power Supply In Visayas Grid Particularly In The Islands Of Cebu, Negros And Panay
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or EPIRA, declared as a policy of the State, among others, to ensure the quality, reliability, security and affordability of the supply of electric power, to protect the public interest as it is affected by the rates and services of electric utilities and other providers of electric power, and to encourage the efficient use of energy and other modalities of demand side management;