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National Power Corp. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS and CAGAYAN ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT CO., INC. (CEPALCO), respondents.

G.R. No. 112702 | 1997-09-26

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Offered for resolution in these consolidated petitions for review on certiorari is the issue of whether or not the National Power Corporation (NPC) has jurisdiction to determine whether it may supply electric power directly to the facilities of an industrial corporation in areas where there is an existing and operating electric power franchisee.

On June 17, 1961, the Cagayan Electric and power Light Company (CEPALCO) was enfranchised by Republic Act No. 3247 "to construct, maintain and operate an electric light, heat and power system for the purpose of generating and/or distributing electric light, heat...