WHEREAS, the DOE and the DPWH issued the Joint Circular, No. 01  (JC1), series of 2017, entitled "Prescribing the Uniform Guidelines and Procedures for the Proper Payment of Compensation and/or Recovery of Cost in the Event of the Need to Relocate the Electric Cooperative Distribution/Sub-transmission Lines for the Primary Purpose of the Government", which took effect upon its publication on 27 July 2017;