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Republic of the Philippines
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
Manila

RESOLUTION No. 6458

IN THE MATTER OF DEPUTIZING THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION AND THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MAY 10, 2004 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS

Promulgated: 09 December 2003

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections is legally mandated to conduct and ensure the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible national and local elections on May 10, 2004;

WHEREAS, for said purposes, there is an imperative need to provide the distribution and retrieval, polling and canvassing centers and the deputized agencies of the Commission in the area with sufficient electrical power supply during the critical days of the elections;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission on Elections, pursuant to the powers vested in it by the Constitution, Omnibus Election Code and Republic Acts No. 6646, 7166, 8189, 8436, 9189 and other related election laws, RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES, as follows:

SECTION 1. Deputation. - To deputize the National Electrification Administration, the National Power Corporation and the Manila Electric Company including its respective Head or Chief Operating Officer in connection with the conduct of the National and Local Elections on May 10, 2004. lªvvph¡1.ñét

SECTION 2. Duties and Functions. - As such deputies, they shall have the following duties and functions:

a. Provide and maintain stable and continuous electric power requirements to the Commission from May 9 to 12, 2004;

b. They are hereby authorized to shut off other users of electric power such as industries and other large commercial establishments during the said period to about 300 megawatts and to allocate these savings of electric power for distribution to strategic areas for use during the critical period of elections and for this purpose to:

a. Secure, as much as possible, voluntary load curtailment commitments from the industries and large establishments prior to exercising their powers of unilaterally curtailing the power needs of said industries and large establishments;

b. Give priority to the electrical power needs at the distribution and retrieval centers, voting and counting places at the precinct level and counting places at the precinct level and at the canvassing centers; and

c. Adopt such other measures as maybe necessary to accomplish the purposes of this deputation.

The Executive Director shall implement this Resolution and the Education and Information Department shall cause the immediate publication of this resolution in two (2) newspapers of general circulation and furnish copies thereof to all parties concerned.

SO ORDERED.

(Sgd.) BENJAMIN S. ABALOS, SR. Chairman
(Sgd.) LUZVIMINDA G. TANCANGCO Commissioner	(Sgd.) RUFINO S.B. JAVIER Commissioner
(Sgd.) RALPH C. LANTION Commissioner	(Sgd.) MEHOL K. SADAIN Commissioner
(Sgd.) RESURRECCION Z. BORRA Commissioner	(Sgd.) FLORENTINO A. TUASON, JR. Commissioner

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