SB 368

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Jul 10, 2025

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines

An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9511, Entitled 'an Act Granting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines a Franchise to Engage in the Business of Conveying or Transmitting Electricity Through High Voltage Back Bone System of Interconnected Transmission Lines, Substations and Related Facilities, and for Other Purposes'

In plain language

The bill revises NGCP’s franchise to bar it from real‑time grid control, imposes a 3 % franchise tax in place of income tax, and adds annual reporting and oversight by the DOE, ERC and a joint congressional energy commission.

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Author · Senator

Win Gatchalian
SenatorSenate President
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Subjects

Franchise Sales/Franchise BusinessNational Grid Corporation of the Philippines

Official sources

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SBN-368 · Sources: BetterGov Open Congress, BatasWatch