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Perla C. Bautista vs. Board of Energy

PERLA C. BAUTISTA, GREATER MANILA FEDERATION OF JEEPNEY OPERATORS DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, petitioners, vs. BOARD OF ENERGY, MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. 75016 | 1989-01-13

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction, seeking to annul and set aside: (a) the order of respondent Board of Energy * (BOE for brevity) dated June 11, 1986 in BOE Case No. 86-133, authorizing respondent applicant Manila Electric Company (MERALCO for brevity) to adopt and implement provisionally the revised rate schedules applied for, and (b) the order of respondent BOE dated June 18, 1986 denying petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration.

The factual background of the case is as follows:

On May 30, 1986, MERALCO filed with BOE a verified application for an upward revision of its rates....