WHEREAS, on May 23, 2006, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) adopted Resolution No. 25, Series of 2006 providing for the "Definition and Boundaries of Transmission Connection Assets";

WHEREAS, on August 2, 2006, the ERC adopted Resolution No. 41, Series of 2006 clarifying Resolution No. 25, Series of 2006, particularly on the term "Connection Assets";

WHEREAS, on January 26, 2009, the ERC adopted Resolution No. 1, Series of 2009 entitled "A Resolution Adopting the Amendments to the Guidelines to the Sale and Transfer of TRANSCO's Sub-transmission Assets and the Franchising of Qualified Consortiums";

WHEREAS, on August 10, 2009, the ERC adopted Resolution No. 18, Series of 2009 clarifying Resolution No. 01, Series of 2009;

WHEREAS, on various dates, the ERC received inquiries from different stakeholders as regards it existing policy on the treatment of connection assets;

WHEREAS, the ERC deems it necessary to issue a Resolution amending the existing Rules as well as consolidating all its issuances pertaining to Open Access Transmission Tariffs and Service (OATS) Rules and related sub-transmission guidelines;

WHEREAS, on June 7, 2011, the ERC posted in its official website at www.erc.qov.ph the proposed "Amended Rules on the Definition and Boundaries of Connection Assets for Customers of Transmission Provider" and all interested parties were given a period until June 15, 2011 within which to submit their respective comments thereon;

WHEREAS, on June 23, 2011, the ERC conducted a public hearing intended for the various stakeholders to present their comments/inputs in the said proposed manual which were considered in preparation for the issuance of "Amended Rules on the Definition and Boundaries of Connection Assets for Customers of Transmission Provider";

NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, as the ERC hereby RESOLVES to APPROVE and ADOPT the "Amended Rules on the Definition and Boundaries of Connection Assets for Customers of Transmission Provider" hereto attached and made an integral part of this Resolution as Annex "A"^* .

This Resolution shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished the University of the Philippines Law Center-Office of the National Administrative Register (UPLC-ONAR), the National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO), the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the National Power Corporation (NPC), all distribution utilities and all customers of the transmission provider.


Adopted: 06 July 2011

 

(SGD.) ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT
Chairperson
(SGD.) RAUF A. TAN	(SGD.) ALEJANDRO Z. BARIN
Commissioner	Commissioner
(SGD.) MARIATERESA A.R. CASTANEDA  (on leave)	(SGD.) JOSE C. REYES
Commissioner	Commissioner

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