Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 224)
The main purpose is to vest the National Power Corporation with complete jurisdiction, control, and regulation over watershed areas and reservations surrounding its power generating plants and properties to ensure their protection, development, management, and rehabilitation.
The National Power Corporation (NPC) is vested with complete jurisdiction, control, and regulation over specified watershed areas and reservations.
Watershed areas are critical zones that support water-based projects like hydro and geothermal power plants. They are important for sustaining the operational capability of these plants, flood control, and other environmental programs.
These areas include Upper Agno Watershed Reservation, Angat Watershed Reservation, Caliraya-Lumot Watershed Reservation, Makiling-Banahaw Geothermal Reservations, Buhi-Barit Watershed, and Tiwi Geothermal Reservation.
NPC is responsible for management, protection, development, rehabilitation, enforcement of forestry laws, identifying areas needing rehabilitation, public education, promotion of vegetation conservation, coordination with other agencies, afforestation and reforestation, and management of tree farms within the watersheds.
Section 3, paragraph (N) of Republic Act No. 6395 grants NPC the power to exercise jurisdiction and control over these watershed areas.
Yes, NPC must enforce forestry laws, rules, and regulations governing the Integrated Management of Watershed Reservation under Ministry Order No. 83-01-13, Series of 1982.
NPC must formulate and implement measures to prevent denudation of forest cover and siltation of reservoirs, conduct afforestation and reforestation, and perform physical rehabilitation of critically denuded watershed areas.
Yes, the order states that inconsistent laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly to conform with this Order.
It took effect immediately upon its signing on July 16, 1987.