WHEREAS, Section 43(b) of Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or the EPIRA mandates the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to promulgate and enforce, in accordance with law, a National Grid Code and a Distribution Code;

WHEREAS, Section 43(t) of the same Act further mandates the ERC to perform such other regulatory functions that are appropriate and necessary in order to ensure the successful restructuring and modernization of the electric power industry;

WHEREAS, Section 2.2.5.1 of the Philippine Distribution Code (PDC) provides that the Distribution Management Committee (DMC) shall establish and publish its own rules and procedures relating to the conduct of its business, which include, among others, the monitoring of distribution code enforcement;

WHEREAS, the DMC issued its proposed Significant Incident Reporting Procedures to ensure that significant incidents are thoroughly investigated and completely reported on a timely and consistent manner as well as to provide assessment on the condition of the distribution system and identify areas for improvements;

WHEREAS, on May 25 and 28, 2009 and June 18, 2009, the DMC conducted a series of expository presentations and public consultations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, respectively, for the various distribution utilities (DUs) to present their comments/inputs on the said proposed procedures which were considered in preparation for the issuance of the Significant Incident Reporting Procedures;

WHEREAS, Section 2.2.5.2 of the PDC provides that the rules and procedures of the DMC shall be approved by the ERC;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, as the ERC hereby RESOLVES to APPROVE and ADOPT, the Distribution Management Committee (DMC) Significant Incident Reporting Procedures, hereto attached and made an integral part of this Resolution as Annex œA ^* .

This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its publication in a newspaper of nationwide circulation.

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished the University of the Philippines Law Center-Office of the National Administrative Register (UPLC-ONAR) and all DUs.

Adopted: 22 Feb. 2010

(SGD.) ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT
Chairperson

(SGD.) RAUF A. TAN         Commissioner	(SGD.) ALEJANDRO Z. BARIN         Commissioner
(SGD.) MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTANEDA         Commissioner	(SGD.) JOSE C. REYES         Commissioner

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^* Text Available at Office of the National Administrative Register, U.P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City