In electrification: an electric distribution utility organized and registered pursuant to Presidential Decree No. (PD) 269, as amended, Republic Act No. 9520, and other related laws [Section 3(u), Presidential Decree No. 269, s. 1973, as amended by National Electrification Administration Reform Act of 2013; Rule 1, Section 4(g), Department of Energy Department Circular No. DC2013-07-0015, Prescribing the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act NO. 10531, Otherwise Known as the “National Electrification Administration Reform Act of 2013”]
In electric power: a distribution utility organized pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended, or as otherwise provided in this Act [Section 4(r), Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001]
In electric power: a Distribution Utility organized pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended or as otherwise provided in the Act [Section 4 (ee), Rules and Regulations to Implement Republic Act No. 9136, Entitled “Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001”
Note: The IRR adopts the definition under the law, except for adjustments to the writing style (capitalization of a defined term, “Distribution Utility”; and reference to “in the Act” instead of “this Act”).
In cooperative development: one organized for the primary purpose of undertaking power generation, utilizing renewable energy sources, including hybrid systems, acquisition and operation of subtransmission or distribution to its household members [Article 23(l), Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008]
In cooperative development: a cooperative organized primarily for the purpose of undertaking power generation, utilizing renewable energy sources, including hybrid system, acquisition and operation of sub- transmission or distribution to its household members.
For purposes of this definition, the following terms shall mean:
a. Distribution of Electricity – refers to the conveyance of electric power by a distribution utility through its distribution system pursuant to the provisions of the EPIRA Law.
b. Distribution Utility – refers to any Electric Cooperative, private corporation, government-owned utility, or existing local government unit which has an exclusive franchise to operate a distribution system in accordance with the EPIRA Law.
c. EPIRA – refers to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
d. Referendum – refers to a mechanism to secure the approval of the general membership of an Electric Cooperative on issues relative to its registration, operation and management.
e. Renewable Energy Resources – refer to energy resources such as, but not limited to, biomass, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and ocean energy. These resources do not have an upper limit on the total quantity of energy to be used and are renewable on a regular basis, the renewable rate of which is rapid enough to consider availability over an indefinite time.
f. Sub-transmission Assets – refer to the facilities related to the power delivery service below the transmission voltages and based on the functional assignment of assets, including, but not limited to, step-down transformers used solely by load customers, associated switchyard/substation, control and protective equipment, reactive compensation equipment to improve customer power factor, overhead lines, and the land where such facilities / equipment are located. These include NPC assets linking transmission system and the distribution system which are neither classified as generation nor transmission.
g. Supply of Electricity – refers to the sale of electricity by a party other than a generator or a distributor in the franchise area of a distribution utility using the wires of the distribution utility concerned. h. Transmission of Electricity – refers to the conveyance of electricity through the high voltage system [Section 2(17), Cooperative Development Authority Board of Administrators, Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing Certain and Special Provisions of the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008]
Note: The law and the IRR’s chapeau are essentially the same. The IRR is followed by definitions of terms used in the chapeau. The term is not listed under the definition of terms section in the law (Article 5), but it is listed in the definition of terms section in the IRR (Article 2).
In electric power, power lines obstruction: an electric distribution utility organized and registered pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended, otherwise known as the “National Electrification Administration Decree” [Section 4(r), DOE Department Circular No. DC2020-02-0002, The Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 11361, Otherwise Known as the “Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act”]
In electric power, microgrid: a DU organized pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended, or as otherwise provided in this Act [Section 4(g), Microgrid Systems Act of 2022; Section 4.8 of DOE Department Circular No. DC2022-05-0017, Rules and Regulations to Implement Republic Act No. 11646 (Microgrid Systems Act)]
Note: In some of the sources above, the term is referred to as “Electric cooperative”, or no acronym is used.