EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 844 - INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION FROM SEVEN (7) TO NINE (9)

WHEREAS, it is desirable for national development planning to coordinate forestry development with power development particularly with reference to hydro-based power and to coordinate industrial development planning with energy development planning; 

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, the President is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new developments;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, do hereby order that the number of directors of the Board of the National Power corporation be increased from seven (7) to nine (9) to include the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Trade and Industry.

Done in the city of Manila, this 8th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.