Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Ingress and Egress. - For the purpose of constructing, installing, establishing, operating, and maintaining poles, DERs or microgrids, or any part thereof and other supports for wires or other conductors for the laying and maintaining of underground wires, cables, pipes or other conductors, the grantee, its successors or assignees, is authorized to make excavations or lay conduits in any of the public places, roads, highways, streets, lanes, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, tunnels, or bridges of said province, cities and/or municipalities, subject to prior approval of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) or the local government unit (LGU) concerned in accordance with either the Grid Code or the Distribution Code, as the case may be: Provided, however, That any public place, road, highway, street, lane, alley, avenue, sidewalk, tunnel, or bridge disturbed, altered, or changed by reason of erection of poles, DERs or microgrids, or any part thereof or other supports or the underground laying of wires, other conductors or conduits, shall be repaired or replaced in workmanlike manner at the expense of the grantee, its successors or assignees, in accordance with the standards set by the DPWH or the LGU concerned.

Should the grantee, its successors or assignees, after the fifteen (15)-day notice from the said authority, fail, refuse, or neglect to repair or replace any part of public place, road, highway, street, lane, alley, avenue, sidewalk, or bridge disturbed, altered, or changed by the said grantee, its successors or assignees, then the DPWH or the LGU concerned shall have the right to have the same repaired or replaced in good order and condition and charge the grantee, its successors or assignees, at double the amount of the costs and expenses for such repair or replacement.