Section 4
SEC. 4. Five (5) new paragraphs, to be designated as paragraphs (s), (t), (u), (v) and (w), are hereby inserted under Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended, to read as follows: “SEC. 3. Definitions. – As used in this Decree, the following words or terms shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: “x x x “(s) ‘CDA’ shall refer to the Cooperative Development Authority created under Republic Act No. 6939, as amended. “(t) ‘DOE’ shall refer to the Department of Energy created under Republic Act No. 7638, as amended. “(u) ‘Electric cooperative’ shall refer to an electric distribution utility organized and registered pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended, Republic Act No. 9520, and other related laws. “(v) ‘EPIRA’ shall refer to Republic Act No. 9136 or the ‘Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001'. “(w) ‘ERC’ shall refer to the Energy Regulatory Commission created under Section 38 of Republic Act No. 9136.”