Preamble
WHEREAS, in the light of the continuing energy crisis, new thrust in energy resources development, the restructuring of the power industry, and the recent reorganization in government, it has become necessary to strengthen and reconstitute the Power Development Council in order to adapt and make it more responsive to these developments; WHEREAS, there is an increasing need for multi-sectoral policy coordination in the power industry, considering its effects on the development program, the growth of industries, and capital resources of the economy; WHEREAS, it has become imperative for the Power Development Council, as the body which provides policy directions in the electrification and power development programs of the country, to have coordinate powers on the development of primary energy sources for electric power generation; WHEREAS, to achieve the desire goals of electrification and power development, the roles and the inter-relationships of the Power Development Council with other agencies or entities involved in energy exploration and development should be clearly defined; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me under the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following to be part of the law of the land: