Supervision over NEA; Power Development Council.
Section 13
SEC. 13. Supervision over NEA; Power Development Council. — The NEA snail be under the supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines, All orders, rules and regulations promulgated, and all appointments made by the NEA as well as transactions subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the NEA involving more than five hundred thousand (P500,000.00) pesos shall be subject to the approval of the Office of the President of the Philippines. In order to achieve coordination and cooperation among different agencies and sectors having to do with electrification and power development, there is hereby created a Power Development Council whose Chairman shall be a person or official designated by the President of the Philippines, and its members shall be the manager of the NPC, the NEA Administrator, the Director General of the NEDA, the Chairman of the Board of Power and Waterworks, a representative of electric cooperatives, to be chosen by a national association of electric cooperatives, and a representative of the private sector. The Council shall have a Secretariat to be headed by an Executive Secretary and staffed by such number of personnel as may be determined by the Council. In order to augment the expertise necessary in the performance of its functions, the Council may secure the detail of personnel, either on a part-time or full-time basis, as well as other forms of assistance from other government offices and agencies, including government-owned or controlled corporations. The qualifications and compensation of the personnel of the Secretariat shall be determined by the Council, but their appointment shall be made by the Chairman. The salaries, expenses, operating expenses and such other necessary financial outlays for PDC shall be provided for from a special annual assessment to be determined by the Chairman of PDC and paid by the NEA and NPC. The Council shall adopt an integrated plan of electrification and power development, coordinate the activities and operations of all sectors involved in electrification, and recommend such policies and measures to the proper authorities and parties concerned as it may deem necessary to achieve the total electrification objective declared in this Decree.