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NASECORE vs. Energy Regulatory Commission

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS FOR REFORMS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTS. CLARK ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, DAGUPAN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, ANGELES ELECTRIC CORPORATION, CAGAYAN ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, INC., SAN FERNANDO ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, INC., CABANATUAN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, TARLAC ELECTRIC, INC., AND OLONGAPO ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, INC., MOVANT-INTERVENORS

G.R. No. 226443 | 2019-10-08

CARPIO, J.:
 
 
The Case
 
The present petition for review on certiorari[1] filed by petitioner National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms, Inc. (NASECORE) assails the Decision[2] dated 29 February 2016 and the Resolution[3] dated 18 August 2016 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 129052. The CA affirmed the Orders[4] dated 21 June 2011 and 4 February 2013 of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in ERC Case Nos. 2001-646 and 2001-900.
 
The Facts
 
The facts, as culled from the records, are as follows:
 
In MERALCO v. Genaro Lualhati (Lualhati),[5] the Court...