EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 982 - DIRECTING AND AUTHORIZING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION AND THE CREATION OF SUBSIDIARIES AND OF A SEPARATE NUCLEAR COMPANY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) has, during the last six years, expanded rapidly in scope of development, generation and distribution of power; 

WHEREAS, such rapid expansion has placed a heavy burden on the centralized Management of NAPOCOR to manage the varied activities and huge assets efficiently;

WHEREAS, to enable NAPOCOR to continue improving the supply of electricity at reasonable cost to the public, there is a need to institute changes in the organizational structure of NAPOCOR;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the laws, do hereby order and direct, the following:

Section 1. For purposes of effecting a total reorganization, including, if necessary, the creation of subsidiaries and of a separate nuclear power company, the National Power Board is hereby authorized and directed to:

a. Group, coordinate, consolidate or integrate positions and functions in NAPOCOR;

b. Create, classify, split and abolish positions;

c. Promulgate and adopt policies and measures necessary to allow decentralized operation and the establishment of subsidiaries and separate nuclear company pursuant to existing laws and loan covenants; and

d. Adopt a just and equitable program for the benefit of officials and employees who may be phased out from NAPOCOR by reason of the reorganization; 

Sec. 2. Any officer or employee of NAPOCOR who is not re-appointed within the period of ninety (90) days from the effectivity of the total reorganization fixed by the Board, or from the date the subsidiary or the separate nuclear company is legally organized, whichever is later, shall be considered to have been phased out by reason of the total reorganization.

Sec. 3. Hereafter, all personnel sections in NAPOCOR and in the created subsidiaries, including the fixing of salaries and other compensation of officers and employees, shall not be subject to the regulations of the Office of the Compensation and Position Classification.

Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.