SC upholds NEA Reform Act, rejects electric cooperatives’ challenge

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The SC rules that the law and its implementing rules are a valid exercise of the state's police power, and that electric cooperatives operate under legislative franchises, subject to government regulation

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) Reform Act of 2013, rejecting a challenge by electric cooperatives that argued the law infringed on constitutional protections granted to cooperatives.