Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Waiver of Obligation to Provide Distribution Services and Connections and to Supply Electricity. DOE declared unserved or underserved areas or DU identified unserved areas which are awarded to MGSPs pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 of this Act shall be deemed waived by the DU insofar as its obligation to provide distribution services and connections to end-users and supply electricity to the area concerned. The waiver shall not transfer, abandon, or modify the DUs franchise but bestows upon the awarded and compliant MGSP the exclusive right and obligation during the existence of the MSC, on behalf of the NPC, to provide integrated power generation and distribution services to the unserved or underserved area during the period of the MSC, consistent with the NPCs missionary electrification function.