Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Powers and Functions of the National Electrification Administration (NEA). - In addition to its current mandate the NEA shall have the following powers and functions:

(a) Formulate policies and coordinate the implementation of all activities of the ECs relative to emergency and resiliency management, in consultation with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDDRRMC);

(b) Mandate the ECs to submit their respective comprehensive and integrated disaster management programs such as, but not limited to, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plans, and thereafter monitor the implementation of the same;

(c) Review, approve, and certify, in consultation with the NDRRMC, all activities, including financial requirements, of the ECs relative to disaster mitigation, disaster preparedness, and disaster prevention plans as a result of the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment;

(d) Develop reasonable guidelines and rational documentary requirements for the ECs to avail of the ECERF;

(e) Formulate an efficient procedure for program participation and criteria for fund allocation;

(f) Determine the annual budget of the ECERF and submit the same for approval by Congress:

(g) Receive donations, in the form of funds, materials, or equipment, which are intended for the purpose of addressing the restoration of the ECs' infrastructure damaged by a fortuitous event or force majeure, subject to existing auditing rules regulations;

(h) Provide necessary assistance to the ECs, including the preparation of individual Resiliency Compliance Plans for incorporation in their respective Distribution Development Plans submitted to the NEA;

(i) Ensure that the ECs' resiliency programs are feasible in accordance with sound management, economic, and engineering standards; and

(j) Promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the objectives and provisions of this Act.1wphi1