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ENERGY REGULATORY BOARD and ILIGAN LIGHT & POWER, INC., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ASSOCIATION OF MINDANAO INDUSTRIES (AMI), representing among others the following member-companies: ALSON/ILIGAN CEMENT CORP., MABUHAY VINYL CORP., MCCI CORP., MINDANAO FERROALLOY CORP., and NATIONAL STEEL CORP., respondents

ENERGY REGULATORY BOARD and ILIGAN LIGHT & POWER, INC., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ASSOCIATION OF MINDANAO INDUSTRIES (AMI), representing among others the following member-companies: ALSON/ILIGAN CEMENT CORP., MABUHAY VINYL CORP., MCCI CORP., MINDANAO FERROALLOY CORP., and NATIONAL STEEL CORP., respondents

G.R. No. 127373 | 1999-03-25

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Normally, electric power generated by the National Power Corporation (NPC) is sold through private utility firms authorized to operate within a franchise area. In the present case, the private respondents bypassed the franchise holder in their area and obtained power directly from the NPC. Petitioner, on the other hand, wants a disconnection of such direct supply. Which agency of the government has Jurisdiction to hear and decide the dispute - the Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) or the Department of Energy (DOE)?

The Case

This is the main question posed in the Petition for Review before us, which seeks to...