Grant of Electric Light, Heat and Power System Franchise to Guagua Electric Light Plant Co., Inc.

June 19, 1960

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2981

AN ACT GRANTING THE GUAGUA ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF GUAGUA AND SEXMOAN, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

SECTION 1. Subject to the terms and conditions established in Act Numbered Thirty-six hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-two, and to the provisions of the Constitution, there is granted to the Guagua Electric Light Plant Company, Inc., for a period of twenty-five years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege and authority to construct, maintain and operate an electric light, heat and power system for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat and/or power for sale within the municipalities of Guagua and Sexmoan, Province of Pampanga.

SECTION 2. In the event that the grantee shall purchase and secure from the National Power Corporation electric heat and power, the National Power Corporation is hereby authorized to negotiate and transact for the benefit and in behalf of the public consumers with reference to rates. cd i

SECTION 3. It is expressly provided that, in the event the Government should desire to maintain and operate for itself the system and enterprise herein authorized, the grantee shall surrender its franchise and will turn over to the Government all serviceable equipment therein, at cost, less reasonable depreciation.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without Executive approval, June 19, 1960.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 57, No. 19, p. 3494 on May 8, 1961